Legal Ego or Judicial Hero?

By Katrice L. Mines

Paul Howard Jr. is arguably Atlanta’s man of the hour. The Fulton County District Attorney is the chief prosecutor in the widely publicized death penalty case against Brian Nichols. Nichols is accused of killing Judge Rowland Barnes, court reporter Julie Ann Brandau, sheriff’s deputy Hoyt Teasley and a federal agent, David Wilhelm in March 2005. The trial virtually encapsulates Howard’s entire career pursuit to rid Atlanta streets of violent crime. 

Legislative Round up

By Keith Laing 

With the Georgia General Assembly approaching the end of its 40 constitutionally-required legislative days, the issue that has drawn the most consensus is the amount of work that has been accomplished: Not much. The 2007 session has been one of the quietest of recent years. Although some controversy surrounded the Assembly’s funding of its statewide PeachCare insurance program and a proposal to allow Sunday liquor sales, nothing this year has reached the level of the debate surrounding the proposed voter ID law last year.