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Lawmakers look to expand where Commandments could hang
ATLANTA — The Ten Commandments, along with other historical documents, would be allowed to be posted in any public statewide under a measure the state House approved this week. The House on Tuesday voted 161-0 in favor of House Bill 766. The measure would remove restrictions as to where so-called Foundations of American Law and Government displays could be posted. Under previous law, such displays were limited to “public courthouses and judicial facilities.” The revised
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Lawmakers look to expand where Commandments could hang
ATLANTA — The Ten Commandments, along with other historical documents, would be allowed to be posted in any public statewide under a measure the state House approved this week. The House on Tuesday voted 161-0 in favor of House Bill 766. The measure would remove restrictions as to where so-called Foundations of American Law and Government displays could be posted. Under previous law, such displays were limited to “public courthouses and judicial facilities.” The revised
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Three meat co. owners sentenced to federal prison
ATLANTA — Three owners of an Atlanta meat company were sentenced this week to federal prison on charges of tax and immigration fraud. U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. sentenced Rhett Maughon, 49, of Decatur, Rafael Villarreal Sr., 42, of Suwanee, and Marcus Maughon, 47, of Decatur, to prison after all three pleaded guilty to various charges in October 2011. The men pleaded after roughly two days of trial testimony but before the government closed its case. “The defendants’ unwritten business
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Three meat co. owners sentenced to federal prison
ATLANTA — Three owners of an Atlanta meat company were sentenced this week to federal prison on charges of tax and immigration fraud. U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. sentenced Rhett Maughon, 49, of Decatur, Rafael Villarreal Sr., 42, of Suwanee, and Marcus Maughon, 47, of Decatur, to prison after all three pleaded guilty to various charges in October 2011. The men pleaded after roughly two days of trial testimony but before the government closed its case. “The defendants’ unwritten business
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Group: Enact new assisted suicide ban
A pro-life group is calling on the Georgia legislature to enact a ban on assisted suicides, saying the state is at risk “to become a haven for merchants of death unless we act.” The state’s Supreme Court on Monday unanimously struck down the state’s ban on assisted suicides that were offered publically. The state’s ban violated free speech protections, the court said. “We understand the pain of terminal illnesses, but taking a human life in
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Former DeKalb officer indicted for tipping off drug dealers
A former DeKalb County police officer and reserve officer with the Clarkston Police Department has been indicted on a federal charge of unlawfully accessing government databases and tipping off drug dealers to a pending federal search warrant. While Gabriel Hoskins III, 39, of Atlanta, worked as a courtesy officer at an Atlanta apartment complex, he befriended “certain individuals” involved in trafficking marijuana, according to federal authorities. Twice, at the request of the traffickers, Hoskins requested names
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