Crime & Public Safety

Georgia legislators are considering improvements to post-conviction litigation as the state's top judges warn of poor representation provided to some indigent defendants.

The death of a roller coaster rider at Six Flags Over Georgia remains under investigation.

A man who died at Six Flags Over Georgia was ejected and landed on other people on his plummet from a roller coaster Monday, according to new details from police Tuesday.

The Douglas County District Attorney will not pursue charges in the death of Jada West, a 12-year-old who died after a fight with another student after getting off the bus.

A 7-month old girl was killed and others were injured in a weekend crash impacting 10 vehicles at the end of a high-speed Georgia State Patrol chase, officials say.

Five people are dead after they were found shot at a home in South Georgia in an apparent murder-suicide, the Douglas Police Department said.

A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with last weekend's shooting in Vienna that 2 and injured, the GBI says.

The ad from the Republican nominee for governor in Georgia targets Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and features an anguished 911 call from Secoriea Turner's mother.

An Atlanta family's landmark case against an FBI agent who mistakenly led an armed SWAT team into their home can proceed to trial, federal judges said Wednesday.

Two women waited for 15 years for an arrest after reporting as teens they were sexually assaulted. On Wednesday, officials said a former DeKalb officer had been indicted.