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April 19, 2021 SCOTUS grants cert on Confrontation Clause case, and Justice Sotomayor has much to say about two criminal case denieal The Supreme Court is back in action this morning after a short hiatus, getting started with this new order list that has most of its limited action in criminal law cases.  Specifically, the Justices granted certiorari in a single case, Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant, whose argumentation or introduction of evidence at trial “opens the door” to the admission of responsive evidence that would otherwise be barred by the rules of ev...

News from 10 years ago: A tanker truck carrying a load of oil overturned on Ga. Highway 16, on the bridge over I-75 on Thursday, Dec. 23, spilling its load down the highway entrance ramp and down into the grassy right-of-way. There were no injuries in the accident, which closed the ramp for much of the day for cleanup. A veterans memorial park planned for a small triangle of city property in downtown Jackson would have flags from all branches of the military, granite benches, a statue and a memorial wall, according to preliminary plans presented to the Jackson City Council on Dec. 21.

JACKSON – An Atlanta man currently serving a prison sentence at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in Jackson has been indicted for stealing $11 million while in prison. Arthur Cofield and two others have been indicted for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering. Cofield is an inmate at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, serving a 14-year sentence for armed robbery. He is also currently under indictment in Fulton County, charged with attempted murder. “Some prisoners aren’t interested in rehabilitation or paying their debt to...