- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- News feed [Apr. 4, 2002]
- Creator:
- Georgia. General Assembly. House. Public Information Office
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. General Assembly. House. Public Information Office
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. General Assembly. House. Public Information Office
- Date of Original:
- 2002-04-04
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L412 .P1 N4 2002/4-4
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl412-b-pp1-bn4-b2002-s4-h4-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl412-b-pp1-bn4-b2002-s4-h4-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
April 4, 2002 News Feed
(Please feel free to personalize)
Greetings, this is Rep. _____________.
The General Assembly is in recess today and will remain so until Tuesday, April 9th at 10:00 a.m. With the 40th day rapidly approaching, lawmakers are
scrambling to pass their legislative projects before the final gavel falls.
Among the items waiting to be considered is a measure seeking to curb
family violence throughout Georgia by keeping repeat offenders off the street. SB
36 would bring an abusive family member's past history into play by directing the
judge to consider past offenses when setting bail for the accused. Furthermore, if
the offender is currently on bail for another offense involving violence, physical
injury, stalking or aggravated stalking, then the new offense shall only be bailable
after a hearing at which the victim, investigating officer, and the prosecuting
attorney's office are given the option of attending.
A few members are concerned with the plan, wondering if it doesn't
supercede the presumption of innocence which is the foundation of our legal
system.
The authors of SB 36, however, say persons who have shown a propensity
toward this type of violence often only escalate their actions, resulting in serious
injury or even death. They therefore see the legislation as a tool to help law
enforcement officials in their efforts to protect the well being, and even the very
lives of the unfortunate victims of domestic abuse within the state.
Reporting from your state capitol this is Rep._________. If you have any
questions or comments please do not hesitate to call me at (404) 656 (
).