Senate Bill 244, which allows criminal defendants to recoup their legal costs from county prosecuting attorneys’ budgets in cases where the prosecutor is disqualified for personal or professional misconduct, has been signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp. This is important because during President Donald Trump’s election case in Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified after a judge found that her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a “significant appearance of impropriety.” This law is a turning point in holding unethical prosecutors accountable, as well as compensating Trump and his co-defendants who were wrongfully prosecuted but are now RISING…
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Paramount Skydance, one of the biggest and most prominent entertainment companies in the world, is furious at its home state of California over a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general attempting to stop a merger. In response, Chair David Ellison has threatened to move from Los Angeles to a state not actively suing his company, and Georgia was on the shortlist of possibilities. Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed the speculation at a luncheon Monday (and took a jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom), and while it’s a longshot the mere possibility of luring Paramount has Georgia RISING…
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