Last week’s Courier Herald column: Five or so years ago I attended a one-day session in Washington DC hosted by FreedomWorks. The libertarian leaning conservative advocacy group brought together a couple dozen writers and grassroots leaders to discuss the topic of criminal justice reform. What still strikes me most about the day was the
Georgia was founded in January 2, 1788. For the first time in 232 years, there are seven African American women as the lead prosecutors in some of the State’s largest counties. Last night’s runoff election solidified that Dekalb, Cobb, Clayton, Douglas, Rockdale, Macon, and Fulton will all have black women as their District Attorney’s. I
The DeKalb County leaders’ perspectives will give them an opportunity to fix the portions of our system that was built on the prison industrial complex and mass incarceration. Unfortunately for them, they must start with the system they have inherited.
This week’s Courier Herald column: I was asked recently by a millennial friend if there were any Republican leaders in Georgia that realize there is a national shift underway toward the legalization of marijuana, and if Georgia wants to get ahead of the curve and be a leader among Southeastern states. Setting aside his premise
Last weekend Lifeline Animal shelter held a “Game of Homes” promotion. Adoption fees were waived for families. My middle schooler wants a dog. We used the opportunity to visit three of the four adoption locations during the week-long promotion. The third and final stop was the new Dekalb County Animal Shelter. This place looked like
James Salzer of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported on a debate about Georgia’s private and state prisons. The article details an audit conducted by a study committee in the Georgia General Assembly. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England’s study committee will explore the impact of Governor Deal’s criminal justice reform policies on Georgia. This
23.5% of Truett – McConnell University graduates finish within six years.[i] The rest – don’t finish at all. Truett – McConnell has an excessively high transfer rate and an excessively low graduation rate for four-year bachelor’s degree. In 2013, the traditional graduation rate for the small christian college was only 13%. That means 87%
This week’s Courier Herald column: As Georgia begins the final stretch to find a new occupant of the Governor’s Mansion, a look back at the accomplishments of its current occupant is in order. Perhaps none have been as transformational if not also a bit surprising as Governor Deal’s commitment to Criminal Justice Reform. For decades
I’ve included the videos connected to each incident I described. If you have not watched any of them, I strongly suggest you watch them back to back – because this is our America. We can’t turn the channel and avoid these issues any longer. Trump Said, “Don’t be too nice” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHdF_bmV2Ew when addressing law enforcement back
As a prosecutor, I prosecuted dozens of individuals, who pulled out a weapon and pointed it at someone with the intent to cause fear in that person. Some of those people are likely still in jail. As a defense attorney, I have defended individuals at trial who were accused of aggravated assault when they pulled
