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UPDATE: State Supreme Court issues stay of execution

July 23, 2012 Express Telegraph

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

Georgia paroles board weighing clemency for man facing Wednesday execution

July 15, 2012 Express Telegraph

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

Ga. Parole Board weighing clemency for Warren Hill

July 13, 2012 Express Telegraph

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

Former correctional officer pleads guilty to conspiring to assault, injure inmates

July 5, 2012 Express Telegraph

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

Deal appoints Blackwell to Supreme Court of Georgia

June 25, 2012 Express Telegraph

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.

Olens: ‘Encouraged’ following Supreme Court arguments

March 29, 2012 Express Telegraph

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

Ga. Senate passes measure to curb pill mills

March 28, 2012 Express Telegraph

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

Feds: JetBlue pilot from Georgia charged

March 28, 2012 Express Telegraph

A JetBlue pilot from Georgia faces a federal charge of interference with a flight crew after telling his colleagues “things just don’t matter” and leaving the cockpit mid-flight. Clayton Frederick Osbon, 49, of Richmond Hill,

Olens to attend Supreme Court arguments

March 23, 2012 Caboose Chronicle

When the U.S. Supreme Court starts hearing oral arguments on whether the controversial healthcare law is Constitutional, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens will be in attendance.

Court: Pre-trial motion in death penalty case premature

March 19, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a Peach County court’s denial of a pre-trial motion filed by a woman facing the death penalty. The woman — Lillian Walker of Montezuma — argued she should