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Public school teachers have First Amendment rights

June 6, 2018

It may sound obvious that teachers have the right to free speech when they are outside of the classroom, but a recent case from the Georgia Supreme Court may cause some concern among teachers and other public employees. The Court declined to take up a case brought by Kelly Tucker, a public school teacher in […]

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Child pornography conviction reversed on appeal

June 1, 2018

Last month, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a conviction for child pornography after holding that prosecutors did not present sufficient evidence at trial that Steven Lindley possessed child pornography. At the heart of the case was a computer tablet seized by law enforcement that contained images of child pornography. After law enforcement searched Lindley’s […]