Atlanta Forward: Quality of life

Capital punishment in Georgia has become too costly and inefficient and runs counter to conservative principles, writes an attorney and Republican Party leader. It is no longer worth the price, and the state should move to life sentences without parole as its toughest criminal penalty. But another expert argues we’d all be safer if the justice system applied the death sentence only to the worst of the worst — think Timothy McVeigh and Ted Bundy — and did not bog down in endless appeals. Fix the process, and make it fit the crime and evidence.

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Tom Sabulis

Don’t forget Old Wheat Street victim Cornelius Taylor. Atlanta must do better.

Cornelius Taylor was living in the Old Wheat Street encampment until Atlanta's dismantling of it led to his death. Better housing policies are needed to avoid another tragedy.

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After massive Hyundai Metaplant raid, immigrants in Georgia live in fear

Non-Korean migrants affected by the Sept. 4 ICE raid on the Hyundai Metaplant are scared and demanding answers from the company and government.

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In today’s world, we are all under a microscope and must watch words carefully

As employees from Delta and Emory University have been fired for social media posts critical of Charlie Kirk, it serves as a reminder that words and wisdom still matter.

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SNAP food benefit cuts threaten to make Georgians less healthy than before

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Dunes dustup hangs over Georgia-Florida weekend’s ‘Frat Beach’ party

A construction project at "Frat Beach," the annual St. Simons Island party before the Georgia-Florida college football game, is causing logistical and environmental concerns.

‘Please don’t go and die.’ Jury rules in cigarette boat, pontoon boat crash.

A middle-of-the-night boat crash on a Georgia lake four years ago left one man dead and six others injured. A Macon jury found the speedboater guilty of homicide Tuesday.

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Why Braves’ speculated managerial candidate may not prove to be the hire

Danny Lehmann is considered a top pick as Braves' manager, but the team may still be weighing options.