district attorney
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2022 Election
A New Era: Number of Female Politicians Grows in Athens
In 2021, women across the country have changed history by winning seats in elected office on various levels for the first time in history. A progressive pocket in Northeast Georgia, Clarke County, has been leading this charge for the last several years and continues to do so. Currently, the county…
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2020 Election
Images from Inside the Campaigns: Deborah Gonzalez for District Attorney, Western Circuit
Deborah Gonzalez is the Democratic candidate for district attorney of the Western Judicial Circuit which encompasses Athens-Clarke and Oconee Counties. Kyle Peterson is a student in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
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Athens-Clarke County
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…