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A 24-year-old Valdosta man was convicted of several charges, including Malice Murder and Felony Murder, for a shooting that happened on Jan. 28, 2023.

A jury has found Lateef Jamil Moreland guilty of a January 2023 murder and participation in the Gangster Disciples criminal street gang.

Five Ghostface Gangsters have been sentenced for the 2020 murder of a Coweta County teenager.

Kemp-backed measure seeks harsher Georgia gang sentences from 41NBC News | WMGT-DT

Georgia senators advanced a bill Monday that would add a mandatory five years to prison sentences for anyone convicted of a gang crime.

Georgia senators are advancing a bill that would make prison sentences harsher for gang crimes.

The new bill would add a mandatory five years to prison sentences for anyone convicted of a gang crime and 10 years for anyone convicted of recruiting minors into a gang.

A signature piece of the tough-on-crime agenda pushed by Gov. Brian Kemp and fellow top Republican lawmakers cleared a Senate committee Monday after a debate over a bill that would make recruiting minors into gangs a criminal offense and add stiffer mandatory minimum sentences for all gang-related offenses.

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The new bill would add a mandatory five years to prison sentences for anyone convicted of a gang crime and 10 years for anyone convicted of recruiting minors into a gang.