Megan Butler

The Georgia Supreme Court declined a request for an expedited appeal over a judge's finding that seven new election rules are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”

Jeffrey Clark, Shawn Still, David Shafer and Cathleen Latham are not entitled to remove their state criminal prosecutions to federal court because they are not federal officials.

The ruling paves the way for the first trial to begin against one of the 61 defendants, but with a new jury selected.

Quamarvious Nichols pleaded guilty to one count of violating Georgia's RICO law, while prosecutors agreed to drop all of the other charges against him, including his murder charge.

The jury began deliberating whether 64-year-old Melody Farris is guilty after the three-week trial concluded with closing arguments.

The hip-hop artist faces up to 45 years in prison.

After three days of jury deliberations, a jury found 64-year-old Melody Farris guilty of malice murder.

A former art professor at Augusta University and the former head women's basketball coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology each filed complaints of discrimination and retaliation.

The Supreme Court turned down a petition from Mark Meadows, who asked the justices to reverse an appeals court order keeping his criminal charges in state court.

In 2023, there were 314 stabbings, more than 1,000 assaults, and six deaths from violence inside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.