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Byline: Bill Rankin The federal appeals court in Atlanta has, for the second time, rejected an appeal by a man who sits on death row for the murder of a [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld restrictions on sex toy shops in Brookhaven, granting the city a victory in a protracted legal battle. In a [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Friday rejected a condemned Georgia inmate's appeal that contended a juror's racist views prejudiced the case. A three-judge panel of [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Sitting in the basement of his Milton home, heroin flowing through his veins for the first time, Gregg Ivey was euphoric. 'This is the best feeling in [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin When Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum were arrested on murder charges for the murder of 2-year-old foster child Laila, Henry County police seized their iPhones, Mac-Book and iPad [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin A number of Georgia inmates are being released from prison immediately after spending years in the state's harsh solitary confinement unit, a practice that puts the public [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Gov. Nathan Deal now has nine names to choose from to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Georgia Supreme Court. But the governor's son, who was also [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The state's judicial watchdog agency Tuesday accused a state superior court judge of 'egregious misconduct' involving the alleged theft of more than $15,000 from the Pike County [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The federal appeals court in Atlanta has again decided that gays and lesbians are not protected under federal discrimination laws because of their sexual orientation. In a [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin President Donald Trump's plan to quickly reshape the nation's federal appeals courts has taken hold in Atlanta, with the infusion of two conservative jurists and another one [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Two justices on the Georgia Supreme Court are among 25 names on President Donald Trump's list of possible replacements for Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court. [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Sandy Springs can ban the sale of alcohol at strip clubs and other adult establishments within its city limits, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday. Maxim Cabaret, [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ruled that correspondence between a Kennesaw State University professor and a payday lending organization she conducted a study for is subject [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin COLUMBUS--Harriet O'Neal knew her life as the wife of a U.S. Army infantry captain could be frequently uprooted. Such was the case last year when her husband [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin A protracted legal battle that ensnared a veteran lawyer, a trailblazing Atlanta art collector and prized works by a legendary Southern folk artist drew to a close [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Edgar Valdez Villareal came from humble beginnings, one of eight children raised by strict, hardworking and God-fearing parents in the southwest Texas border town of Laredo. But [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin One of the world's most notorious and violent drug kingpins is scheduled to be sentenced today by a federal judge in Atlanta. The American-born Edgar Valdez Villareal [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin If you were serving on a jury that was about to find someone guilty, would you want to know how much prison time the defendant could get [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Three wheelchair users have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Atlanta, alleging that many of the city's sidewalks and crosswalks are so dilapidated it's difficult [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday did something it once did on a fairly routine basis but now hardly ever does: It heard a death-penalty appeal. It [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Since their divorce five years ago, Atlanta decorator and author Danielle Rollins has engaged in scorched-earth litigation with her ex-husband Glen Rollins, once a top executive of [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin A panel of judges on Thursday sharply questioned a state attorney who asked the federal appeals court in Atlanta to uphold Alabama's so-called 'fetal demise' law. The [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Albany lawyer Ken Hodges breezed to victory Tuesday night in a hotly contested race for an open seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals. Hodges, a former [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Claud 'Tex' McIver returns to court today to get a sentence of life in prison for the murder of his wife, Diane. The punishment, to be handed [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin An Atlanta plaintiff's lawyer who once served as president of the State Bar of Georgia and a former district attorney from Albany who's about to become State [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin President Donald Trump today will nominate Georgia Supreme Court Justice Britt Grant to fill an upcoming vacancy on the federal appeals court in Atlanta, according to an [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The Tex McIver murder trial returns from spring break this week, and though the prosecution has put up more than 60 witnesses, it still has more to [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The prosecution has been building its case against Tex McIver for three weeks now, putting up dozens of witnesses and questioning some of them for hours. The [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin After more than two full days of testimony last week by Dani Jo Carter in the Tex McIver murder trial, the next episode of our 'Breakdown' podcast [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin In handwritten notes, Columbus prosecutors described prospective African-American jurors as 'slow,' 'ignorant,' 'con artist' and 'fat.' They also jotted a 'B' or an 'N' next to black [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The first week of the prosecution's case against Tex McIver is in the books. The state scored some serious points last week but also landed a few [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Jury selection in the Tex McIver case zeroed in almost immediately on the heart of McIver's defense: that he killed his wife, Diane, because his .38 revolver [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The judge overseeing Claude 'Tex' McIver's murder case has decided prosecutors can introduce evidence about a 1990 shooting incident when McIver allegedly opened fire on a carload [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a reprieve from execution to a Georgia death-row inmate, expressing concerns that a juror's racist beliefs unfairly prejudiced the case. [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Carlton Gary, the 'Stocking Strangler' who was convicted in one of the most notorious serial rape and murder cases in Georgia history, has long claimed police arrested [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Judge Elizabeth Branch, nominated to sit on the federal appeals court in Atlanta, breezed through her confirmation hearing on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee Branch, a [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Atlanta attorney Claud 'Tex' McIver on Monday night walked out of the Fulton County Jail, with not a word to the waiting press and a clear plastic [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a Georgia woman's claim that the Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians. The high [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin Claud 'Tex' McIver, who lost most of his legal team earlier this month, now has two of Atlanta's premier criminal defense attorneys in his corner. Trial lawyer [...]

Byline: Bill Rankin The Georgia Supreme Court on Thursday declared that records related to a corporation's operation of Northside Hospital are public records, a decision that delighted open government proponents. [...]