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After more than 20 years behind bars, Georgia man exonerated on murder charges celebrates newfound freedom Georgia man freed after false conviction A Georgia man was freed after spending nearly two decades behind bars convicted of a 1985 double murder that has since been overturned. ATLANTA - A judge has dismissed all charges against a Georgia man convicted of the 1985 double murder of a couple at a south Georgia church, exonerating him after he spent two decades behind bars. I am grateful that this part of the nightmare is behind me, said Dennis Perry, holding back tears on the courthouse steps. On his first day as a free man, Perry’s cousin, Suzanne Baugh, said he and his wife spent time on the beach.
From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: Alabama public health officials are warning people to avoid eating any fish from some state waterways because of contamination. The state Department of Public Health issued its latest fish consumption advisories this month. They are based on nearly 500 samples of specific fish species taken during the fall of 2020 from 41 bodies of water, health officials said. Restrictions on consumption are broken down by waterbody and presented as the safe number of meals of a species that can be eaten in a given period of time. In some locations, people are advised to avoid all fish. Mercury is often cited as the fish contaminant of concern.
Judge exonerates man who served 20 years in Georgia slayings July 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Dennis Perry, center, standing beside wife Brenda Perry gets emotional while thanking the team from the Georgia Innocence Project after they worked to get his release after 20 years behind bars, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Nicholls, Ga. A judge on Monday, July 19, 2021 dismissed all charges against the man convicted of the 1985 slayings of a couple at a south Georgia church, exonerating him after he spent two decades behind bars, the man s attorneys said. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Stephen B. Morton/AP BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) A judge on Monday dismissed all charges against a man convicted of the 1985 slayings of a couple at a south Georgia church, exonerating him after he spent two decades behind bars, the man s attorneys said.
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MARIETTA, Ga. The coronavirus pandemic and its imprint on politics, education, work and society in all corners of Georgia made headlines throughout most of 2020. But the year also included the high-stakes November election and early voting in a pair of Senate run-off elections that cast a white-hot spotlight on Georgia. Two high-profile killings drew sharp attention to racial justice issues in a year that also saw the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis. A look at the top 10 stories in Georgia in 2020: VIRUS OUTBREAK-GEORGIA: The coronavirus pandemic invades all aspects of life in Georgia. Large festivals, church services and other events are canceled as restaurants and other small businesses struggle to bring in customers. Major corporations shift to remote work when possible, and the lives of parents and their children are disrupted as schools close and learning shifts online. The pandemic also causes political upheaval in Georgia, as Gov. Brian Kemp faces sharp criticism for not imposing the kind of severe restrictions several other states have implemented. New cases and deaths surge during the summer months, and begin spiking again in the fall, leading to a record number of people with confirmed infections hospitalized by mid-December.
2020: Pandemic, politics, and passing of a civil rights icon By JEFF MARTINDecember 28, 2020 GMT MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) The coronavirus pandemic and its imprint on politics, education, work and society in all corners of Georgia made headlines throughout most of 2020. But the year also included the high-stakes November election and early voting in a pair of Senate run-off elections that cast a white-hot spotlight on Georgia. Two high-profile killings drew sharp attention to racial justice issues in a year that also saw the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis. A look at the top 10 stories in Georgia in 2020: VIRUS OUTBREAK-GEORGIA: The coronavirus pandemic invades all aspects of life in Georgia. Large festivals, church services and other events are canceled as restaurants and other small businesses struggle to bring in customers. Major corporations shift to remote work when possible, and the lives of parents and their children are disrupted as schools close and learning shifts online. The pandemic also causes political upheaval in Georgia, as Gov. Brian Kemp faces sharp criticism for not imposing the kind of severe restrictions several other states have implemented. New cases and deaths surge during the summer months, and begin spiking again in the fall, leading to a record number of people with confirmed infections hospitalized by mid-December.
Georgia in 2020: Pandemic, politics, racial justice and the Golden Ray Jeff Martin, Associated Press Tags: Part of Golden Ray heads to Louisiana as crews start cutting stern of ship The coronavirus pandemic and its imprint on politics, education, work and society in all corners of Georgia made headlines throughout most of 2020. But the year also included the high-stakes November election and early voting in a pair of Senate run-off elections that cast a white-hot spotlight on Georgia. Two high-profile killings drew sharp attention to racial justice issues in a year that also saw the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis. And more than a year after the Golden Ray overturned in the channel to the port of Brunswick, work began to cut it up and haul it away.