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Sen. Randy Robertson, bottom right, presented to the House public safety panel on Monday his bill that would require bail for any felony charge. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

Justice March 22, 2022

Georgia House panel considers bill that aims to require cash bail for felonies

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia RecorderMarch 21, 2022 District attorneys, a criminal defense lawyers group, and civil rights advocates on Monday warned a House panel considering a bill that would reshape…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Justice February 26, 2022

Another Cobb Drug Treatment Court graduate

Cobb County Superior Court announced a new graduate from the Drug Treatment Court. The Drug Treatment Court is one of four accountability courts administered by the Superior Court. Accountability courts…

Justice, Uncategorized January 21, 2022

Cobb Superior Court Judge Ann Harris elected to statewide leadership post

Cobb County Superior Court distributed a public information release announcing that Judge Ann B. Harris has been elected to the executive committee of Georgia’s Council of Superior Court Judges. “It…

Justice January 15, 2022

Cobb DA Broady announces naming of Family Advocacy Center

Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady, Jr. announced that the Family Justice Center initiative will be named the Cobb Family Advocacy Center (FAC). The DA’s office distributed the following press…

Martin Luther King Jr. with hand extended while speaking

Justice January 13, 2022

How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home

By Anthony Siracusa, University of Colorado Boulder [This article first appeared in The Conversation. Used with permission] On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines…

She is pictured above with the five graduates and accountability court team members.

Justice January 12, 2022

Cobb County’s Drug Treatment Court has five new graduates

Cobb County Superior Court issued a news release announcing the graduation of five new graduates from the court’s innovative drug treatment court. Cobb County has four such accountability courts that…

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