David Cooke for Macon Circuit District Attorney
By Julianal On October 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In 2012, Campaigns+Elections, Judiciary, Law, Random, television
More on this impressive candidate here.
Backatcha Olry Taitz
By Catherine On January 25, 2012 · 9 Comments · In Democrats, Ethics, Georgia Democrats, Georgia Dems, Law, Obama
Sometimes it is horrifyingly embarrassing to live in Georgia. Take the current legal challenge to President Obama’s name appearing on the Presidential Preference Ballot because he is not a natural-born US Citizen. I think when we heard about this we thought it would be quietly dismissed. But, no! Not in Georgia. The Administrative Law [...]
Seriously, should we be yawning about this? I think not.
I realize the political news today is mostly about the “Cainwreak” that is/was his cray-cray campaign, but buried down in the twitter verse was a fascinating story about a possibly little known GA agency called the Judicial Qualifications Commission.
The [...]
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin S. Arrington, Sr. announced his resignation today. For all you legal types, the full release is below the fold.
UPDATE: 11:08pm, RIP Troy Davis
UPDATE: 9:24pm, SCOTUS has denied stay of execution.
Georgia’s Board of Pardons denied clemency for Troy Davis today, and so he will likely die tomorrow night at 7:00pm. I’m not sure what else to say about this long, sad case, so I’ll just offer a letter from a [...]
First, let me note that the current issue regarding Troy Davis is whether the Board of Pardons and Parole should grant clemency based on its own declared standard: “will not allow an execution to proceed in this state unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt [...]
Former Republican US Representative and US Attorney Bobb Barr on Troy Davis:
I am a longtime supporter of the death penalty. I make no judgment as to whether Davis is guilty or innocent. And surely the citizens of Savannah and the state of Georgia want justice served on behalf of Officer MacPhail.
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