Career Criminal Convicted Of 1988 Execution-style Murder of Preschool Teacher In Buckhead One Step Closer To Execution

Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced that his office had successfully defended on appeal to the Eleventh Court of Appeals in Atlanta the denial of federal habeas corpus relief to Emanuel Hammond who received the death penalty for the 1988 kidnapping and murder of preschool teacher Julie Love

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Killer Of Richmond County Domino's Store Manager To Be Executed On October 20

Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker offers the following information in the case against Mark Howard McClain, who is currently scheduled to be executed at 7:00pm on October 20, 2009.

Scheduled Execution

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Miami Man Convicted Of Million Dollar Medicaid Fraud

A federal jury today returned a guilty verdict against Varian V.

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Georgians Warned To Be On The Lookout For Scams And Price-Gouging As Clean-up From Flooding Begins

In the wake of the massive flooding across the state, Georgians are dealing with structural damage to homes and businesses and significant property damage to cars, furniture and personal belongings.

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Former Perimeter College Student Life Director Pleads Guilty In P-Card Case

Patrice Wright, a former Student Life Director at the Clarkston campus of Perimeter College, pled guilty this morning in DeKalb Superior Court over her misuse of her state-issued purchasing card (P-card).

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Pfizer To Pay $2.3 Billion To Settle Allegations Of Kickbacks In Off-Label Marketing Campaign

Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that Georgia has joined with 48 other states [1] and the federal government in reaching the nation’s largest-ever settlement over allegations of healthcare fraud.

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Attorney General Baker Announces Guilty Plea in Case of Illegal Dumping of Body Parts and Other Bio-waste

Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced that Christopher Lee entered a guilty plea in DeKalb County Superior Court yesterday to one count each of unlawful dumping, illegal handling of solid waste and illegal storage of human waste.

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Income Tax Evasion Indictment Obtained Against Former State Representative Jeanette Jamieson

Attorney General Thurbert Baker and Revenue Commissioner Bart Graham announced today that former state Representative Mary Jeanette Jamieson was indicted on two counts of income tax evasion by the Fulton County Grand Jury.

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Former Georgia State University Facilities Manager Indicted For P-Card Theft

Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that William Dillard was indicted by the Fulton County Grand Jury on fourteen counts of theft by taking. Nine of the theft counts are felonies, and five of the theft counts are misdemeanors.

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Former Georgia Public Broadcasting Employee Indicted For Multiple Felony Thefts

Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced that his office had sought and obtained an indictment against Belinda Davis, a/k/a Belinda Botley Usher, for forty-six felony counts of theft by taking in relation to a scheme that Davis had allegedly set up while an employee at Georgia Public Broadcastin

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