...an additional charge of child endangerment. Veteran lawyer will lead defense council ATLANTA - A veteran anti-death penalty lawyer will become the executive director of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, which will oversee legal...

...own defense, "there's not a lot for an appellate court to go on," Mr. McAninch said. But David Bruck, a death penalty lawyer who got a life sentence instead of execution for convicted child killer Susan Smith, said conflicting court decisions...

ATLANTA - Death-penalty lawyers have unsuccessfully argued in Georgia courts that the state's lethal injection procedures are inhumane, but they hope to have...

...acknowledged he had consulted by telephone during the noon court recess with Michael Mears, a well-known anti-death penalty lawyer based in Atlanta. Noting it was the second time he'd consulted with him, Mr. Mock said Mr. Mears had concurred...