The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors. A jury found Warren King guilty of murder and other crimes and sentenced him to die for the September 1994 shooting death of convenience store clerk Karen Crosby during a robbery in southeastern Georgia.
Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy has come under fire from creditors including two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. The creditors say they'll likely ask next week that the case be dismissed and accuse Giuliani of flouting bankruptcy rules.
The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused by protests over George Floyd's killing.
The judge overseeing the racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug has put the long-running trial on hold until another judge rules on requests that he step aside from the case.
Conservative activists in Georgia and other states are using a new software tool as part of a broader effort to scrub voters from the rolls. As part of this initiative, they're asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge.