Criminal Justice
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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 County jail, but not as inmates. One by one, they walk through the Athens-Clarke County Jail metal detector, allowed to bring only a pen and class materials into the facility. The students empty their pockets, leaving…
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Pregnant Women in Georgia Face the Opioid Crisis
Georgia’s number of confirmed cases of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, a withdrawal condition babies may experience due to prenatal exposure to opioids, almost doubled from 2016 to 2017, according to a statewide Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome summary conducted by the Georgia Department of Public Health. Karen Kuehn Howell, assistant professor at…
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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 a given year, but the overwhelming majority of those cases will never see the inside of a courtroom. Most cases are resolved through plea bargaining, a process in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in…
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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 death row? We spoke with UGA sociology professor Todd Krohn to find out. The Georgia Department of Corrections plans to execute convicted murderer Kelly Gissendaner on Sept. 29, 2015. Commissioner Homer Bryson chose this date between Sept. 29…
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9 States to Discuss Police-Involved Shootings
State level law enforcement representatives from nine southeastern states have been meeting in Stockbridge this week to discuss officer involved shooting investigations.
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Cellmate Pairing in Jails Could Be Preventing Reform
MADISON COUNTY - Crime classification and former inmate history are both used to assign inmates to cells at the Madison County Jail.
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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 barring people with criminal records in the application process.
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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 behalf of Kelly Renee Gissendaner. Gissendaner is set to be executed Mar. 2 at 7 p.m.