Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ two major criminal justice reform efforts face rising scrutiny from the Atlanta City Council as her reelection campaign gets underway.
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Speedy trial? Not so fast. Georgia’s considering longer deadlines.
Witnesses forget, victims give up, people sit in jail.
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No-shows rise in Atlanta court; chief judge calls the causes a “mixed bag”
Folks don’t realize a no-show can mean losing a driver’s license, says top judge
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Governor’s gang legislation divides Georgia House
“How about let’s give the locals adequate resources to deal with gangs?”
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Questions linger over which way Georgia’s criminal justice system will trend
“Justice” is in the eye of the beholder
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Georgia could close more criminal records, open more opportunities, say supporters
Maryilynn Winn said she went to prison six times because she needed a job.
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Atlanta police chief asks for an assist from some judges
“I can’t explain some of the decision-making,” Shields said. “There are a couple of judges that routinely let people go.”
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Ebenezer Baptist advances criminal justice campaign with holiday bailout
Ebenezer Baptist church and partners are raising money to bail out folks out of jail next week — in time for Father’s Day and Juneteenth. For the church, the bail-out is part of a larger focus on mass incarceration.
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Georgia death row case awaits review by U.S. Supreme Court
A petition regarding a heinous double murder in Jackson County in 1997 is now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, and a respected blog that covers the court has highlighted this death penalty case as one to watch.
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Restorative Justice: Continuing Georgia’s Juvenile Justice Revolution
By Alan Mackie and Elizabeth Beck In a nation with the highest incarceration rate in the world, it is heartening to observe Georgia bucking the trend. Much of the credit for this should be given to Gov. Nathan Deal who commissioned the Special Council for Criminal Justice Reform in Georgia shortly after taking office in […]
