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Deborah Gonzalez, the district attorney for Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties, is being sued for failing to do her job and mishandling criminal cases.

Deborah Gonzalez, the district attorney for Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties, is being sued for failing to do her job and mishandling criminal cases.

ACS Georgia and Athens: Rap on Trial: Criminalizing Black Culture Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, evidence of gang affiliation, or revelations of criminal motive—and judges and juries would go along with it. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts. Join the ACS Athens and Georgia Lawyer Chapters, the University o...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? On Sunday night, Deborah González began to sense the gravity of what she was about to do on Monday at noon. She had been asked to stay at a hotel in the state capitol, along with five other of the state’s electors to the Electoral College who live outside Atlanta. Security was provided—“They did ...