Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:38 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:38:58 GMT
New details on construction of the new terminal at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport. Construction crews are working on the final touches. Right now, officials are looking at bids for food vendors. TheyMore >>
New details on construction of the new terminal at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport. Construction crews are working on the final touches.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:34 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:34:05 GMT
Supporters of a former Pelham teacher, accused of assaulting his principal, came out Tuesday to support him. They spoke to the Pelham School board saying former Pelham Elementary School teacher BobbyMore >>
Supporters of a former Pelham teacher, accused of assaulting his principal, came out Tuesday to support him.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:24 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:24:47 GMT
Some folks in South Georgia know all too well the destruction a powerful tornado can cause. Back in 2000, a tornado killed 11 people in Camilla. That prompted Mitchell County to become the state's firstMore >>
Some folks in South Georgia know all too well the destruction a powerful tornado can cause. Back in 2000, a tornado killed 11 people in Camilla.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:46 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:46:50 GMT
Some folks in South Georgia frantically tried to get in touch with loved ones who live near the destruction in Oklahoma. Leesburg's Wendy Mathis has a brother who lives in Oklahoma City and works in BethanyMore >>
Some folks in South Georgia frantically tried to get in touch with loved ones who live near the destruction in Oklahoma.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:38 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:38:18 GMT
A concerned citizen is stepping up to help the children who have been devastated by the tornado in Oklahoma. Lee County resident Jyl Goodson says she wants to help bring joy back to the children in Moore,More >>
A concerned citizen is stepping up to help the children who have been devastated by the tornado in Oklahoma.More >>
October 23, 2003
(Cordele-AP) -- The NAACP is joining a lawsuit that contends that poor defendants in a four-county area of south Georgia do not receive proper representation.
The lawsuit in Superior Court claims that people who cannot afford their own lawyers after being accused of crimes routinely sit in jail for months without seeing a lawyer. The circuit includes Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly and Wilcox counties.
The original lawsuit filed by the Southern Center for Human Rights names Governor Perdue and the circuit's judges, district attorney and committees that run the local indigent defense programs as defendants. Perdue is seeking to be dismissed from the case.
The suit says local defenders -- who are signed to contracts to represent the poor -- carry twice as many felony cases as recommended by the Georgia Supreme Court. The lawsuit says attorneys routinely allow their clients to plead guilty after only a few minutes' discussion.
County officials have denied many of the allegations and have said they should not be held liable. The NAACP says the new complaint also will name the Georgia Indigent Defense Council -- the state agency that administers funds to county programs -- as a defendant.
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