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Man receives three life sentences for 2021 Kennesaw golf shooting

February 2, 2024 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

A 26-year-old man has received three life sentences after pleading guilty to a 2021 shooting at a Kennesaw, Georgia, golf course.

GBI investigating officer-involved near shooting Smyrna

November 16, 2023 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting between Marietta and Smyrna at the request of the Cobb County Police Department.

Man sentenced to life for Cobb County malice murder

November 10, 2023 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Childs has sentenced an 18-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 20 years after pleading guilty to malice murder and violating the street gang terrorism and prevention act.

Georgia district attorney says more money is needed for DNA testing

September 28, 2023 Todd DeFeo

In the 50-plus years since a murderer took his nine-year-old sister’s life, Melvin Randall and his family have always wondered what happened.

South Carolina ready to resume lethal injections

September 20, 2023 Todd DeFeo

The South Carolina Department of Corrections could soon carry out executions by lethal injection after Gov. Henry McMaster signed a “shield statute” into law and the state has procured the drug needed.

Cobb County District Attorney’s Cold Case Unit solves homicide from 1972

September 18, 2023 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

For more than 50 years, the mystery of who killed nine-year-old Debbie Lynn Randall has haunted investigators and troubled the community.

Fulton County DA wants to conquer violent crime

May 12, 2017 Express Telegraph

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard wants to make Atlanta and Fulton County a safer place.

Report: Number of executions decline in 2016

January 4, 2017 Express Telegraph

The number of people executed in the United States in 2016 fell to an historic low, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Georgia executes its only woman on death row

September 30, 2015 Express Telegraph

The state of Georgia on Tuesday executed the only woman on death row in the state.

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Husband of former DeKalb County commissioner sentenced to federal prison

August 21, 2015 Todd DeFeo

The husband of a former DeKalb County commissioner has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for conspiring to steal county money, authorities said.