JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

The New Georgia Project, Black Voters Matter Fund, and RISE, Inc. filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and several State Election Board officials challenging provisions of SB 202 , a controversial voting bill passed earlier in the day.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

The Georgia Parole Board denied clemency for inmate Willie James Pye on Tuesday, making him soon to be the first inmate executed in the state since 2020. During the clemency meeting conducted by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole, Pye’s lawyers relied on his intellectual disability and troubled upbringing.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2023

The European Court of Human Rights Friday ordered Russia to pay approximately 130 million euros ($143 million) in compensation to Georgia, almost 15 years after the war in the South Caucasus. This decision follows on from the January 2021 Grand Chamber judgment in Georgia v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 20, 2022

The plaintiffs assert that Georgia’s method of electing commissioners to the state’s Public Service Commission, which is through at-large, statewide elections, dilutes the votes of black citizens in Georgia. Raffensperger , pertains to an alleged violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Three former Georgia Sheriff’s Deputies who were employed in Camden County, Georgia Tuesday were arrested for their involvement in the September beating of a Black man detained at the Camden County Detention Center. The post Former Georgia state deputies arrested and charged for beating inmate appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The Georgia State Election Board approved a new on rule on Friday, which will require all paper ballots to be counted by hand for the election in November. Georgia is currently the only state in the U.S. The post New law in Georgia requires ballots to be counted by hand appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

A grand jury on Thursday indicted former Georgia prosecutor Jackie Johnson on two charges related to her alleged mishandling of the fatal shooting of 25-year old Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery was fatally shot in February 2020 while jogging through the Satilla Shores neighborhood in coastal Georgia, about 80 miles south of Savannah.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2020

A US federal judge in Georgia Monday granted an emergency motion to block Georgia from excluding 4,185 voters from voting in the Georgia Senate runoff election. The voters were excluded based on findings that they were no longer living in Georgia. a military contractor from Georgia who temporarily relocated to Georgia.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled on Friday that three Georgia citizens under 21 years old have standing to sue county probate judges over the state law that disallows issuing carry licenses to people under 21. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Dublin Division.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2023

Protests erupted in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi Wednesday after Georgia’s parliament endorsed a “foreign agent” bill. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs characterized Wednesday’s gathering as “the development of a peaceful protest into violent action.”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The European Court of Human Rights Thursday held against Georgia in a case concerning an attack on LGBT protestors in the capital city Tbilisi. The Court under Article 41 (just satisfaction) of the Convention found Georgia liable to pay the applicants a total of 193,500 euros in damages.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

Today, Judge Don W. Thompson of the Superior Court of Walker County granted Joey Watkins's petition for writ of habeas corpus, meaning that Joey's conviction for murdering Isaac Dawkins has been tossed. Here is Judge Thompson's opinion. The State now.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Two elections workers from Fulton County, Georgia filed a defamation lawsuit on Thursday against The Gateway Pundit, a popular far-right website that allegedly spread false accusations that the workers committed mass voter fraud. Moss and Ms.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Russia’s occupation and border enforcement of two regions in Georgia systematically violated Georgians’ human rights. ” Bregadze also said the judgment was an important step toward the ultimate goal of achieving the “complete de-occupation” of Georgia.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2021

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Monday signed a bill that repeals an 1863 civil war-era statute , one year after Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot. He was shot while running through his neighborhood on the Georgia coast in February 2020 after the men claimed they thought he was a burglar.

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2024

The EU condemned on Thursday Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, for reintroducing a controversial foreign-agents law. ” Georgia’s parliament had previously adopted the law in February 2023. ” The Commission urged Georgia to let civil society operate freely again.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 20, 2022

Brett Donovan Bussey and Jorge Gomez, who worked for the Georgia Department of Labor, have been linked to one of the largest U.S. Farmworkers’ lawyers and advocates have long denounced labor abuses suffered by seasonal guest farmworkers, including by Georgia contractors or farmers. Photo by datacameraguy on Unsplash.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2025

Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Denis Krivosheev said on Monday that the sentences handed down to participants in May protests against the law on “foreign influence” in Georgia, demonstrate the government’s brutality against the opposition, calling them a “parody of justice.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The US Supreme Court Tuesday released a short, two-paragraph order stating they would not block a subpoena from a Georgia grand jury requiring US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-GA) to testify about his actions in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Previously, Justice Clarence Thomas put a temporary hold on the subpoena without explanation.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Georgia sheriff Victor Hill defended himself Thursday at his US federal trial where he has been charged with violating four detainee’s civil rights. The post Georgia sheriff defends himself against civil rights violations charges in federal trial appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JULY 2, 2024

The EU warned that Georgia’s new “foreign agent” law has put Georgia’s bid for EU membership into jeopardy. The European Council specified that the new “foreign agent” law “represents backsliding” on Georgia’s path to EU membership.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2024

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk stated on Wednesday that Georgia’s newly passed foreign agents bill “undermines the freedoms of expression and association.” This, according to Türk, will undermine and curtail the rights of freedom of expression and association in Georgia.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled that Russia’s occupation in Georgia systematically violated Georgians’ human rights in April. The post OSCE parliament urges Russia to withdraw from occupied Georgia territories appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Georgia and Azerbaijan violated the rights of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarli, specifically his right to an effective investigation and his right to private life. He was eventually released in March 2020.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) Wednesday filed suit against Georgia for the state’s denial of gender-affirming care in the state’s health benefit plan. The state health benefit plan is the healthcare insurance offered by Georgia to its state and public employees.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The post Georgia Judge Tells Lindsey Graham To Quit Stalling And Take His Biscuits Down To The Grand Jury appeared first on Above the Law. Spoiler Alert: There will be more stalling.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 3, 2025

Similar to its federal counterpart, Section 24-10-1004(1) of the Georgia Code provides that The original shall not be required and other evidence of the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph shall be admissible if: (1) All originals are lost.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Earlier on Saturday, Bzhania had a phone call with the President of South Ossetia, Alan Gagloev, another breakaway region of Georgia, in which Gagloev offered support to the Abkhazian government. While most of the international community recognizes Abkhazia as part of Georgia, Russia considers it an independent state.

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JURIST

MAY 29, 2024

The bill will require NGOs and media who receive 20 percent or more of their funding from outside of Georgia to register with the government as “foreign agents.” Georgia has experienced intense protests since the bill was reintroduced this year and approved by parliament earlier this month.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The post Ominous Signs From Eleventh Circuit As Meadows Seeks To Stay Out Of Georgia State Court appeared first on Above the Law. No removal for YOU!

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The post Georgia Appellate Court Issues Whiplash Embryo Ruling appeared first on Above the Law. If you undergo IVF and then a divorce, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen to your embryos.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday blocked Cobb County, Georgia, election officials from counting a block of absentee ballots if they are received after 7…

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In a coincidence of timing that reflects how legal professionals are wrestling with issues around generative artificial intelligence, the supreme courts of Delaware and Georgia issued orders within a day of each other last week relating to the use of AI in the courts and by legal professionals. 21, the Delaware Supreme Court […]

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The program is only available to voters in certain swing states, including Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. Musk has announced one voter, each day until election day, will be selected to earn $1 million if they sign the petition. He’s since offered financial incentives to other voters to sign on and refer more voters.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Thursday instructed the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to dismiss Marjorie Taylor Greene’s lawsuit over a challenge to her congressional candidacy.

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ABA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Prosecutors are planning to retry a former Atlanta lawyer after his murder conviction was overturned Tuesday by the Georgia Supreme Court. Bryan Keith Schmitt was…

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The Georgia State Senate unanimously advanced new regulations on third-party litigation funding Thursday as Gov. Brian Kemp's marquee tort reform package continues to march largely unimpeded through the state Legislature.

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