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Supreme Court Bars Georgia From Retrying Mentally Ill Man for Murder

Georgia Today: 'Divisive concepts' teacher firing upheld; Okefenokee Mine; Murder case overturned

On the Thursday, Feb. 22 edition of Georgia Today: The state Board of Education has upheld the firing of a Cobb County teacher for teaching so-called "divisive concepts" in the classroom; a proposed mine near Georgia's Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is nearing final approval; and the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a Georgia Supreme Court decision in an unusual case involving a murder in metro Atlanta.

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Cobb Man Cannot Be Retried for 2012 Killing

A man who was tried for malice murder in the 2012 stabbing death of his mother at their west Cobb home cannot be retried for the charge, the U.S. Supreme

Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers for defendants at the Supreme Court.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s unanimous, uncompromising opinion for the court doubled as a strong endorsement of the right to trial by jury.

Supreme Court rules for Georgia man in double jeopardy case

SCOTUS Makes Unanimous Decision in McElrath v. Georgia

Double jeopardy clause bars Georgia from retrying man acquitted by reason of insanity

So what would you expect if a state supreme court wrote an opinion directly inconsistent with “perhaps the most fundamental rule” of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in the area, an opinion that would get a failing grade in any law school course on criminal law? Well, your first guess would be that

Supreme Court says Georgia can't retry mentally ill man who killed his mother

Turns Out It's Really Useful to Have a Former Public Defender on the Supreme Court

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s unanimous, uncompromising opinion for the court doubled as a strong endorsement of the right to trial by jury.

Defendant acquitted by reason of insanity can't be retried, despite inconsistency, SCOTUS rules in Jackson opinion

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Georgia can’t retry a defendant who was found not guilty of malice murder by reason of insanity, even though the verdict was inconsistent with jury findings on other charges.