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Georgia set to execute first woman since 1945
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Grand jury indicts Georgia state senator
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UPDATE: State Supreme Court issues stay of execution
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution for a man who was to be executed this evening. Warren Lee Hill Jr. was to be executed by lethal injection. Hill’s attorneys say he is mentally disabled and therefore should not be executed. The state’s Supreme Court declined to stop the execution based on Hill’s claim that he is mentally disabled, The Associated Press reported. Rather, the court granted a stay while
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Georgia paroles board weighing clemency for man facing Wednesday execution
ATLANTA — The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is weighing clemency for a condemned inmate whose attorneys are now claiming he is mentally retarded. Warren Lee Hill Jr. is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Hill had a clemency hearing before the Georgia Department of Paroles and pardons on Friday; the board did not rule. Hill was sentenced to death for the 1991 slaying of a fellow inmate in
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Ga. Parole Board weighing clemency for Warren Hill
ATLANTA — The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is weighing clemency for condemned inmate Warren Lee Hill. Hill is scheduled to die by lethal injection on July 18, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga. In 1991, a jury convicted Warren Lee Hill of murder and sentenced him to death. Hill was serving a life sentence for the 1986 murder of his girlfriend, when he killed Joseph
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Former correctional officer pleads guilty to conspiring to assault, injure inmates
A former member of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Ga., pleaded guilty to conspiring with other correctional officers to violate the civil rights of inmates in 2010, the Justice Department announced. In addition to his guilty plea, Willie Redden, 24, of Albany, Ga., admitted he and other correctional officers assaulted and injured inmates in separate incidents at Macon State Prison in 2010. Redden indicated that correctional officers beat
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Deal appoints Blackwell to Supreme Court of Georgia
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal today appointed an appeals court judge to the state’s highest court Keith R. Blackwell’s appointment to the Supreme Court of Georgia fills a vacancy left by outgoing Justice George H. Carley. Blackwell’s appointment is effective upon his swearing in, scheduled for July 19. Carley’s resignation is effective July 17, according to Deal’s office. “The Supreme Court will benefit from Judge Blackwell’s experience on both sides of the bench,” Deal said
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Olens: ‘Encouraged’ following Supreme Court arguments
ATLANTA — After three days of oral arguments before the Supreme Court over whether the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act — known as Obamacare by opponents — is constitutional, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said he is “encouraged.” Georgia is one of more than two dozen states challenging the law that Congress passed and President Obama signed into law in March 2010. The Supreme Court will hear six hours of oral arguments between Monday
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Ga. Senate passes measure to curb pill mills
ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate has approved a measure aimed at stemming the spread of pill mills in the Peach State. The Senate voted 49-3 in favor of House Bill 972. Under the measure, which the state House previously approved, the Georgia Composite Medical Board would have the power to license and regulate pain management clinics. “Prescription drug abuse in Georgia has increased at an alarming rate in recent years, wreaking havoc in communities across