It did look into an earlier incident when the child was 2 months old and fell out of the father’s hands and hit its head.

"Not guilty means not guilty," Judge Reeves said as he unveiled the amendment aimed at curtailing acquitted-conduct sentencing. Time will tell if the government makes good on that promise. The post ...

Trump’s plan to deport U.S. citizens to El Salvador echoes the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose fate puts America’s moral ...

House Bill 123 lowers the burden of proof for intellectual disability claims in capital cases from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to "a preponderance of the evidence," aligning Georgia with other states.

Georgia requires proof of intellectual disability beyond a reasonable doubt, making it the only state with such a high burden of proof. H.B. 123 would lower the standard to a preponderance of ...

Bill Werkheiser, House Bill 123 would lower that standard to a preponderance of evidence and alter trial ... district attorneys have said more recently that they are OK with changing the reasonable ...

A former San Antonio police officer accused of assaulting his girlfriend, a fellow officer, after looking through her phone, ...

A bill aimed at keeping intellectually disabled people off Georgia’s death row is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the state Senate on Monday.

A holistic view of the evidence has to be taken into consideration by the Tribunal and strict proof of an accident caused by a particular vehicle in a particular manner need not be established by the ...

Carrera, holding that a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard ... which applies a beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof yet allows criminal defendants to waive their right to trial and ...

The Georgia legislature threw its support behind legislation that would make it easier for defendants in death penalty cases to avoid execution by proving that they have an intellectual disability.