Federal authorities in Savannah have charged 33 people as part of an undercover operation into gun and drug trafficking. A majority of those named in 17 federal indictments that were unsealed today are from Georgia and South...
Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant,...
Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don't...
A panel appointed by Georgia's governor to determine whether an indicted state lawmaker should be suspended will meet next week.
A panel appointed by Georgia's governor to determine whether an indicted state lawmaker should be suspended will meet next week.
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A lawyer for a Georgia man facing the death penalty for the 2007 rape and murder of a 6-year-old boy says police coerced false statements from his client and had no physical evidence tying him to the crime.
The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in the case of David Edenfield, who was convicted in the death of Christopher Barrios near Brunswick.
Defense lawyer James Yancey says David Edenfield is a "low-functioning man" and that police got statements from him by making false promises. Yancey argued the trial court made numerous errors in the case.
Prosecutor John Johnson argued Edenfield's statements were correctly obtained and that the trial court ruled correctly in the case.
The arguments were held at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
