Category: Georgia

Former President Jimmy Carter in Hospice Care

Former president Jimmy Carter chose to receive hospice care at home for “his remaining time” after a stay at the hospital, Carter Center said Saturday. “After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of…


Police: 9 Children Shot at Georgia Gas Station

COLUMBUS, Ga.—Nine youths—including a 5-year-old child—were wounded after shots rang out at a gas station in a Georgia city bordering Alabama, authorities said Saturday. Officers from the Columbus Police Department responded about 10 p.m. Friday and found multiple gunshot victims amid a large group of people. Police Chief Freddie Blackmon said at a news conference…


Cop Who Lost Job Over Pro-Traditional Marriage Social Media Post Considers Suing Georgia City

A former police officer is considering filing a civil rights lawsuit against a Georgia police department after he was forced out of his job for refusing to delete a Facebook post defending traditional marriage. The possible lawsuit comes as the Supreme Court and some lower courts have become increasingly protective in recent years of constitutionally…


Dershowitz Condemns Release of Georgia Grand Jury Materials in Trump Election Case

Harvard professor emeritus and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz condemned a judge’s decision to release portions of a grand jury report relating to former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election dispute. Judge Robert McBurney, of the Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit, ordered the release of several pages of Grand Jury opinions on Feb. 16. Those…


Georgia Grand Jury Suggests at Least 1 Trump Election Probe Witness Committed Perjury

A special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, believes that “perjury may have been committed” by one or more witnesses in the investigation of whether former President Donald Trump and his allies criminally interfered in the state’s 2020 presidential election. Noting this in its final report (pdf)—a portion of which was released on Thursday, Feb….


Georgia Senate Approves Statue of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Over Democrats’ Opposition

Georgia’s state Senate passed legislation on Feb. 14 to erect a statue honoring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the state capitol in Atlanta, over the impassioned objections of Democratic lawmakers. Thomas, a black man, has long been a target of the left for his conservative, constitutionalist views and has been bitterly denounced by…


Portions of Georgia Special Grand Jury Report Will Be Released: Judge

Portions of a report produced by a special grand jury in Georgia investigating attempts to disrupt the 2020 election will be released to the public, a judge said on Feb. 13. The three parts—the report’s introduction and conclusion, and a section discussing how some witnesses may have lied under oath—”are ripe for publication,” Fulton County Superior…


Georgia Senate Approves Permanent Ban on COVID-19 Vaccine Passport

Georgia state senators have voted to make permanent a soon-to-expire law that bans government agencies from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or “vaccine passports,” as a condition of service. In May 2022, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, signed into law a bill that makes it illegal for state and local governments—including public school districts—to demand proof…


Ex-Army Sergeant Sentenced to Life in Barracks Slaying

SAVANNAH, Ga.—A former Army sergeant has been sentenced to life in federal prison for fatally slashing and stabbing a fellow soldier dozens of times in his barracks at a Georgia base. A U.S. District Court judge in Savannah sentenced Byron Booker, 29, on Thursday. Booker pleaded guilty last fall to a federal charge of premeditated…


Georgia Quarterback Stetson Bennett Arrested in Texas for Public Intoxication

DALLAS—Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to their second straight national championship, was arrested early Sunday after police said he was intoxicated and banging on doors. Bennett, 25, was charged with public intoxication and taken to the city detention center, Dallas police said. Police said that at about 6:10 a.m., officers responded to…