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Beyond an apology

Defense attorneys like to talk about "the awesome power of the state" being brought to bear on their clients. And it's true. The government...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-05-13/beyond-apology
Men involved in Augusta shootout sentenced on weapon charges

...with his father inside on Sept. 11, 2001, his defense attorney said Thursday.Next month, Washington, 20, must...spent in jail awaiting trial have changed them, defense attorneys Martin Puetz and Jacque Hawk told the judge; they...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-09/men-involved-augusta-s
Convicted sex offender denied bond in assault case

...to five years in prison for that crime, and he served all of the sentence. He was released on April 28, 2012.Defense attorney Peter Johnson said the DNA evidence could prove crucial in March assault. More than one former or current prison...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-10/convicted-sex-offender
VA doctor indicted in theft

...care because of his income level."We fully expect Dr. Kostromin to be exonerated in a court of law," said his defense attorney, Richard Goolsby Sr.He is seeking to get the charge dismissed. Goolsby said the state lacks jurisdiction because...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-06/va-doctor-indicted-the
Jury acquits men of malice murder

...The jury informed the judge it was deadlocked on that charge.Immediately after the announcement of the verdicts, defense attorneys Jacque Hawk and Martin Puetz asked the judge to dismiss the weapon charge because there was no underlying conviction...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-03/jury-acquits-men-malic
Bond revoked in Hephzibah murder case

...proven himself to be a danger to the community, receiving several disciplinary reports since he has been in jail.Defense attorney Pete Theo docion countered that the disciplinary reports concerned suicide comments and minor, nonviolent infractions...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-02/bond-revoked-hephzibah
Georgians revist Leo Frank case 100 years later

...from the state prison in Milledgeville, brought him to Marietta and hanged him.One of the pilgrims Saturday was defense attorney Robert Kilgo Jr., who drove more than 200 miles from Darlington, S.C. "Some history just never fades away...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-29/georgians-revist-leo-frank-case-100
Trial begins for ex-deputy charged with assault in arrest

...outside repeatedly struck Kersey, Stewart said.Defense attorney Jacque Hawk countered that defense witnesses portray...to store clerks about beating Kersey.Johnson's defense attorney told the jury that Kersey's 2005 arrest in a similar...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-23/trial-begins-ex-deputy
'96 Olympics bomber fights to keep profits from autobiography

...Militant, was published with the help of brother Daniel K. Rudolph.Eric Rudolph recently sent letters to his defense attorney and others saying he was on a hunger strike to protest his treatment at the federal prison where he is held in isolation...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-09/96-olympics-bomber-fights-kee
Judge wants fall trial in '09 mobile home slayings

...Gail Falagan, 49, and Chrissy Toler's boyfriend, Joseph L. West, 30.At the hearing Tuesday, Heinze's defense attorney was still pressing prosecutors to share evidence in the case. Attorney Newell Hamilton Jr. said police had lost...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-23/judge-wants-fall-trial-09-mobile-ho