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Georgia Plans to Execute a Mentally Retarded Man Tomorrow [Updated]
Hamilton Nolan · 07/17/12 01:07PMWarren Hill (pictured) was convicted of a 1985 murder, and was sentenced to death after being convicted of beating a fellow inmate to death in 1990. He is scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia tomorrow evening. Warren Hill's IQ is 70. He has been found by a court to be mentally retarded. Georgia plans to kill him anyhow.
Man Uses Old 'I'm with America’s Funniest Home Videos' Routine to Trick Walmart Shopper Into Letting Him Suck Her Big Toe
Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/13/12 04:45PMGeorgia Might End Adopt-A-Highway Program Over Application From KKK
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/11/12 01:05PMDoes This Look Like a Young Woman Who Likes to Blow Shit Up?
Louis Peitzman · 06/02/12 01:16PMShould Kindergartners Decide Whether You Live or Die?
Caity Weaver · 05/16/12 10:12PMKindergartners in Georgia are being groomed to become tyrannical little King Joffreys, wielding unprecedented power over their teachers' lives, according to The Hechinger Report. As part of a new pilot program, feedback from five-year-olds' surveys about their instructors will be used to determine whether teachers retain their jobs or receive raises.
Master's Student Continues 'Miraculous' Fight Against Flesh-Eating Bacteria
Louis Peitzman · 05/14/12 06:38PMPolice Officer Who Kicked Very Pregnant Woman in Stomach Claims He Didn't Know She Was Expecting
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/10/12 03:07PMSomeone is Still Hiding Needles in Wal-Mart Clothes
Seth Abramovitch · 12/06/11 11:44PMCops Do Something Good for Once, Refuse to Evict 103-Year-Old
Max Read · 11/30/11 11:20AMFBI Foils Crazy Old Georgia Hicks' Big Talkin' Plot
Hamilton Nolan · 11/03/11 09:20AMNo law enforcement agency in the world is better than our own FBI when it comes to thwarting terror plots that never would have come to fruition anyhow, because they consisted mainly of pitiful people sitting around boasting to FBI informants. The latest triumph by our domestic anti-terror heroes: saving America from a bunch of old Georgia loons who sat around the Waffle House talking about their big assassination ideas.
Accused Shoplifter Expected to Have a Lot of Safe Sex
Lauri Apple · 10/25/11 05:38AMMeet Alexandrea Brooks, a Cobb County, Georgia woman who police claim "infiltrated" a Walgreens (are the Walgreens in Georgia on lockdown? are they exclusive/members-only?) and stole 26 boxes of condoms, an ovulation test, and a few other items, totaling $562.68. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution thoughtfully provides the full list of Brooks' product selections. She sure is a brand loyalist:
Georgia County Considers Letting Inmates Staff Fire Stations
Jim Newell · 10/10/11 02:51PMThe folks who run Camden County, Georgia are weighing a hot new proposal in the reemerging market of slave labor: Inmates as firefighters! Get it? You get the inmates to put out the fires, and then you don't have to pay firefighters. What's not to like about this depressing tale from the age of austerity?
Troy Davis Denied Clemency, Set to Die Tomorrow
Hamilton Nolan · 09/20/11 10:55AMMaybe Georgia Will Execute an Innocent Man
Lauri Apple · 09/10/11 03:29PMA Judge Too Crazy to Work in Georgia
Hamilton Nolan · 09/06/11 04:36PMThe Georgia Supreme Court has removed Catoosa County magistrate Anthony Peters from his position and banned him from ever returning to the bench in Georgia. His "crime?" After his father died and he had an auto accident in 2005, he started taking large quantities of pain medication and acting erratically. That could happen to anyone, you monsters.
Teen Kills Great-Grandmother With Sword Over Videogames
Max Read · 08/16/11 06:23PMFirst Videotaped Execution in 20 Years Postponed For Reasons Unknown
Seth Abramovitch · 07/21/11 04:09AMParanoid Georgia Arrests Photojournalists for Being Russian Spies
Jeff Neumann · 07/07/11 07:26AMFour photojournalists in Georgia, including the personal photographer for that country's hyper-paranoid joke of a president, Mikheil Saakashvili, were arrested overnight for allegedly spying for Russia. Irakli and Natia Gedenidze, Zurab Kurtsikidze, and Giorgi Abdaladze are being held by the Interior Ministry for giving information "to an organization acting under cover of the special service of a foreign country, to the detriment of the interests of Georgia." Hmm. Is he wearing Russian camo?!