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Criminal Justice
This journalism has been created by students who are covering issues in criminal justice as part of the Multiplatform Newsroom: Projects capstone courses at the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication.
Number of Georgia Offenders Returning to Prison Decreasing
The Georgia Department of Corrections reports that 30 percent of Georgians with criminal backgrounds get reconvicted ...
UGA Students Follow Trends Signaling Decreased College Alcohol Use
For the first time in years, researchers at the University of Georgia observed the ...
UGA Criminal Justice Program Changes Everything You Know About the ‘Typical’ Student
For spring 2019, 15 University of Georgia students spent their semester inside the Athens-Clarke ...
Pregnant Women in Georgia Face the Opioid Crisis
Georgia’s number of confirmed cases of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, a withdrawal condition babies may ...
Jury Trials Fade as Plea Bargains Remain The Norm Both Locally and Nationally
The public defender’s office for Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties handles thousands of cases in ...
Grady Newsource Explains: What It’s Like To Be On Death Row
By: Lana Harris Have you ever thought about what it’s like to be on ...
9 States to Discuss Police-Involved Shootings
State level law enforcement representatives from nine southeastern states have been meeting in Stockbridge ...
Cellmate Pairing in Jails Could Be Preventing Reform
MADISON COUNTY - Crime classification and former inmate history are both used to assign ...
Gov. Deal’s Executive Order Aims to Give Ex-Convicts Second Chance
Georgia - Governor Nathan Deal signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies from automatically ...
Update: Georgia Woman to be Executed Tonight at 7 p.m.
UPDATE: The State Board Pardon's and Parole is denying the second clemency application on ...
