Archive for November, 2007
The Georgia Supreme Court today struck down a critical portion of Georgia's Sex Offender Registration law by declaring its residency restrictions unconstitutional. In Mann v. Georgia Department of Corrections, the Court held that the statute unconstitutionally forces individuals to move whenever a new child care facility, church or school happens to move within 1,000 feet of the person's previously permissible residence.
Anthony Mann is a registered sex offender who in 2002 pleaded nolo contendere in North Carolina to the ...
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The Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office has dismissed animal cruelty charges against Atlanta Falcon's defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux stemming from the February death of Babineaux's girlfriend's pit bull-mix. Babineaux's criminal defense lawyers were able to prove that the dog had a history of unprovoked attacks and that a dog trainer had instructed Babineaux to spin the dog on a leash when it became aggressive. District Attorney Danny Porter stated that his office conducted an exhaustive investigation and eventually ...
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More weird developments in the Brian Nichols saga this week. On Friday, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard served Judge Fuller with a lawsuit seeking his removal from the Brian Nichols' death penalty case. Howard apparently also wants to remove Nichols' defense attorneys. It's an unprecedented move, and unlikely to be effective. The petition was filed with the Georgia Supreme Court and there is no guarantee the Court will even consider it.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ...
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Things have now gotten ugly in the ongoing controversy over the death penalty trial for Brian Nichols in Atlanta, Georgia. Yesterday, Judge Craig Schwall called Judge Hilton Fuller, the judge presiding over the Nichols circus, a "fool" and a "disgrace" for his handling of the Nichols case. The email was provided by an unknown source to the Fulton County Daily Report, and the story was later covered by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Here is an excerpt ...
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