Prosecutor asks Georgia legal professional basic to deal with Rayshard Brooks case

Officer Garrett Rolfe, since fired, shot Brooks twice in a downtown Wendy’s parking lot last June after he and another officer responded to a suspected DUI incident. He is free on $500,000 bond. Brooks, a 27-year-old father of four, scuffled with officers after they attempted to arrest him, striking one and grabbing a Taser from the other.

Willis’ request gives Carr several options, including assigning the case to another Georgia district attorney. They would be under no obligation to accept, and, considering the controversial nature of the cases, many prosecutors might pass, said former DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James.

“You’re going to make someone mad either way,” James said.

Carr could also keep the case for his office to handle, assign it to the prosecuting attorneys council or appoint a special prosecutor.

“There’s no reason the Georgia Attorney General could not investigate and prosecute the case, if appropriate, using the staff in his office,” said Richard Hyde, who worked as an investigator for former AGs Mike Bowers and Thurbert Baker. “That’s what we would have done.”

A spokesman for Carr’s office said he is awaiting “additional information necessary to initiate the process for appointing a substitute prosecutor.”

Willis, who soundly defeated Howard last year, said she had been leaning towards this decision since reading a defense motion calling on the former DA to recuse himself.

“Sometimes as a lawyer you’ll be in a trial and you get a gut punch when you know the other side has got you,” Willis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday. “And this was one of those times.”

The recusal motion accused Howard of making “ethically inappropriate” statements, if not outright misstatements of fact, to the public about the case.

“Paul Howard has systematically sought to deprive Garrett Rolfe of a fair trial and impartial jury since the day he announced his decision to arrest Garrett Rolfe,” the defense motion states.

Attorney Noah Pines, who represents Rolfe, said Willis made the right call.

“As we indicated in our motion to recuse, Paul Howard’s unethical actions poisoned the entire Fulton County District Attorney’s Office from prosecuting Garrett’s case,” he said.

Pines said he’s hopeful the new prosecutor “will review the GBI report, which we believe is favorable, and dismiss the case against Garrett.”

Attorney Chris Stewart represents Brooks’ family and Taniyah Pilgrim, the Spelman College student involved in the excessive force case.

“We’re shocked,” he said of Willis’ decision. “The families would have appreciated a meeting with the DA or at least a phone call.”

In a statement, Stewart and his co-counsel Justin Miller said they are hopeful “Attorney General Carr will quickly reassign the cases to another District Attorney who will then use the full resources of their office to prosecute these officers.”

Willis said she felt like she could prosecute the case fairly but she feared others would not see it that way. She said Brooks’ family had expressed a lack of confidence about how she’d handle the case. Moreover, she said, past and current members of the Fulton DA’s office are likely to be called as witnesses in the ongoing state investigation into the grand jury subpoenas.

Whoever ends up inheriting the cases courts certain controversy. To demonstrators who took to the streets last summer in protest of police misconduct, Brooks was a victim of excessive force, targeted because of his race. He was Black; the officers involved are white.

Many of Rolfe’s colleagues contend the shooting was justified because Rolfe acted in self-defense, according to his training. Brooks grabbed a Taser from from Officer Devin Brosnan, struck Rolfe, then fired the Taser in Rolfe’s direction as he attempted to flee. Brosnan was charged with aggravated assault and two counts of violating his oath. Willis also seeks to have that case transferred.

After Rolfe and Brosnan were charged, hundreds of Atlanta police officers staged an unofficial “blue flu” in protest.

Willis said she did not read the GBI report about the Brooks shooting, saying she didn’t want it to cloud her decision whether to prosecute.

James said Willis is certain to catch heat for her decision.

“I don’t really understand how Mr. Howard handled the cases constitutes a conflict,” he said. “When you’re the DA in a big metro county, controversy comes with the job. Sometimes inaction can be just as controversial.”

Willis said she knows some people will criticize her decision.

“I have over 100 cases involving law enforcement officers and public officials that I will be prosecuting,” she said. “Ms. Willis does not run from hard cases.”

― Staff writer Bill Rankin contributed to this article.

Last week, 96 cars were stolen in the City of Atlanta and 67 of those vehicles were left running or had keys left inside…

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Because of pretrial publicity, the plan is to go to Grady County in South Georgia, pick a jury there, then have those jurors taken to Eatonton for the trial at the Putnam County courthouse.”},{“_id”:”727DKPUNJZHNVF2ARB2WULCFMI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794349},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But the defense team said the trial date was set too early because the pandemic could still be raging across Georgia at that time. In a court motion, the lawyers asked Trammell to postpone the trial to let them investigate the case in a way that minimized the risk of COVID-19 transmission to themselves, witnesses and their families. The same goes for the actual jury trial, they said.”},{“_id”:”FPVJBCWBZJDH3M4TX2UDPGBQWI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794350},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It is incumbent upon judges and lawyers to apply reason when determining whether forcing a particular case to trial before the temporary pandemic is under control best serves the interests of justice,” the motion said.”},{“_id”:”XANSHFW2GNGBJISTGXY2JPALTM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611670710139},”type”:”text”,”content”:”After Trammell scheduled a Dec. 11 hearing, the defense lawyers notified the court and the district attorney’s office that they would have three medical experts testify remotely. They also said they wanted to conduct the hearing via videoconference, noting that the 66-year-old Hogue was at a greater risk because of his age, Levin’s wife was pregnant, and Rowe had waived his right to be present in court.”},{“_id”:”3BPAMZBALZGS7LAG2W47QPPOWQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794352},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Then-Assistant District Attorney Wright Barksdale objected to the hearing being conducted remotely. The next day, Trammell’s judicial assistant told the parties the hearing would be in person. The court, following safety protocols and health guidelines, would make every effort to ensure the safety of everyone involved, the aide wrote.”},{“_id”:”WQAFTXMNAREILA2234JNLOW7BA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794353},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In a motion filed Dec. 9, Rowe’s lawyers noted “the pandemic in Georgia is at its fastest and far-reaching spread than at any point since the pandemic began.” They also notified Trammell they would not be coming to court. Their motion cited a standing order signed last year by the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit’s then-chief judge, William Prior, which said “remote proceedings shall be the rule and in-person proceedings shall be the exception.””},{“_id”:”VV3EP4KPOZAGRJMJ3KDOAROEYQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794354},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In an order issued the next day, Trammell said judicial emergency orders signed by Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton allow judges to hold in-person hearings. Then, without hearing testimony from the medical experts, she denied the defense motion to postpone the April 5 trial date.”},{“_id”:”TUJZA6XA3RC35FOMHIXVNG6FNQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611683028508},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Last month, Melton suspended the resumption of jury trials statewide until the pandemic subsides. Even so, Trammell has not postponed Rowe’s trial date.”},{“_id”:”7EHC7UCAY5DENGOIVUOCP72FOA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794356},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Melton’s latest emergency order did allow for in-person hearings. But it also said: “All courts are again urged to use technology when practicable and lawful to conduct remote judicial proceedings as a safer alternative to in-person proceedings.””},{“_id”:”YNTIISMJ4RDQ7IG2IHDUHVUUUQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794357},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Trammell succeeded Prior to become the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit’s chief judge on Jan. 1. That same day, she signed a new standing order allowing the circuit’s judges to decide whether a hearing would be held in person or remotely.”},{“_id”:”HEYUMYHTKJG75DICLGXGJQ7BBA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794358},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Trammell did not return a phone call and email seeking comment. She has set the next hearing in Rowe’s case for Feb. 22 and it is to be in person. Hogue, Levin and Wallace declined to comment.”},{“_id”:”DDY77JNM6ZEQRHH62HESVYVM74″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794359},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Barksdale, the circuit’s new DA, said in-person hearings during a pandemic are not ideal. “The numbers don’t lie,” he said. “It’s been a trying time for everybody.””},{“_id”:”HDRQGS23BFGOLOP4S2JIPWS7ZU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794360},”type”:”text”,”content”:”When asked why he objected to Rowe’s hearing being held remotely, Barksdale said, “We want to make sure that the defendant’s rights are protected. We want to do everything by the book.””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Wright Barksdale, district attorney for the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit. 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After being convicted in 2002 of killing four men at an Atlanta hotel, Timothy Dawson refused to come to court during the first day of the capital trial’s penalty phase, saying he wasn’t feeling well.”},{“_id”:”2AS6LDLSYRBSBCJJWTUL2TD4QI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611668794364},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In a 2008 opinion, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the life-without-parole sentences given to Dawson. 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Employees told police they forced her out and assumed she left before she pulled up to the drive-thru window in a white Chrysler sedan.”},{“_id”:”DCFSOSHGSZDIJM2AWDRSBLS654″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611680281336},”type”:”text”,”content”:”She was accompanied by two other women, according to the report.”},{“_id”:”7HDSRSFGFNHVLABZZSKPV2J5OM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611680281337},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The females began to scream at the employees at the location, however none of the statements could be remembered by the employees,” an Atlanta police officer said in the report. “The females attempted to climb through the drive-thru window, but (were) stopped by employees.””},{“_id”:”GIPPIHS7BJALHHY4ONILPHBZ7I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611680281338},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The employees locked the doors and windows, the officer said. 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****REWARD INCREASE $5,000****nn(Atlanta, GA) On Monday January 4, 2021 at approximately 1234 hours Zone Six Units…

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The investigation revealed that Anderson had lost control of the car and hit a guardrail, and a gun was found in the car.”},{“_id”:”AEBPGRU3M5DCTJFU4TDZSJUDJ4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611601603137},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Now, the APD is seeking information on a murder charge and has increased the reward, according to the Crime Stoppers alert.”},{“_id”:”VWRVUEU7RZCKTO7LUYKZVDYJHI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611601603138},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Anyone with information about Anderson’s shooting is asked to contact Detective J. Logan at 404-546-4235 or jlogan@atlanta.gov. 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The GBI is investigating an OIS involving the Warner Robins Police Department and Derik Edward Jones, 27. During an exchange of gunfire with officers, Jones was struck and is in the hospital being treated for his injuries. https://t.co/KZTKaz2oNU pic.twitter.com/Tmqbas2nyT

— GA Bureau of Investigation (@GBI_GA) January 22, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/GBI_GA/status/1352433220504211458″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1611351892302},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”MMRFLAOENNFS5M364QJAPGMGT4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611315513642},”type”:”text”,”content”:”When the officers approached the man, later identified as Jones, he ran across the parking lot, said Todd Crosby, the GBI agent in charge of the investigation.”},{“_id”:”5QI47EF42RFGTHNGDKSLYVHP4U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611341839274},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“When Jones and officers got in front of Bealls Outlet, several shots were fired by Jones and three officers,” Crosby said in a news release. “During the exchange of gunfire, Jones was struck.””},{“_id”:”U3BE6NUEGZFZTPKQZWYBK43WEE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611341839275},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Jones was taken to Navicent Health Hospital in Macon, where he is being treated for his injuries. 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Authorities said the man was found near a parking deck on the hotel’s property.”},{“_id”:”6BP3QWIIOJAOTEVPRCH655PVJA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611071080829},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He was later identified by police as Shawn Gray.”},{“_id”:”AWQ4JZ6HJBAXDCV3FRNWUGKS6Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611065967559},”type”:”text”,”content”:”While police confirmed the man’s death was being investigated as a homicide, they did not provide further details on the circumstances surrounding the shooting or the victim’s connection to the hotel.”},{“_id”:”LU6TYNAOZRDXJMJQ3VKNRVVSHI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611065967560},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“This is an active investigation,” spokeswoman Shenise Barner said. “We do not have any additional information to release at this time.””},{“_id”:”GF3CPGCJPFHHDL3PMEVQGUUPKE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611071080832},”type”:”text”,”content”:”— Please return to AJC.com for updates.”},{“_id”:”F5ZIG42KDRCPPMQ7PA3JJ7FMGI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611065967561},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
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She said only one guard was on duty in a cell block with 188 inmates.”},{“_id”:”KCKZBEXXO5HP3FLSG7Y5NC3BOI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611273816180},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A massive staff shortage is at the root of many of the Georgia correctional system’s failures, said Sherman Maine, a former captain at the Valdosta State Prison who remains in contact with several state corrections officers.”},{“_id”:”6C6T5C35SVB3BEPNATK4HEJCTA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611273816181},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But the problems don’t stop there.”},{“_id”:”3R4MUO4Q2FDT7LCTTDPKNWLKNA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611272879174},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We are beyond the crisis point and something needs to change,” said Sarah Geraghty, a lawyer for the Southern Center for Human Rights. 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Seventy-eight percent of the department’s new hires were corrections officers, according to the report. Of those, 71% quit before the year ended.”},{“_id”:”G2PON53K6JBU7FS6NKBD47KREA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611270567968},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Gov. Brian Kemp just proposed a 10% pay increase for prison guards that would raise their entry level salary from $27,936 to $30,730.”},{“_id”:”J3B3AISU7JHI3PKUPEUPCP74N4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956697},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“They’ll hire you if you’re a warm body,” said Maine, who won an unrelated whistleblower lawsuit against the prison system in 2018. “The experienced staff is leaving as fast as they can get out of there. What you’re left with is kids trying to supervise inmates they’re afraid of.””},{“_id”:”TLGW43QPQVEMLM2FLESZ2LM3B4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956698},”type”:”text”,”content”:”And that’s had a domino effect.”},{“_id”:”P2VWA2KQJJDYBKRL5I3VEBJPL4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956699},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Without adequate staffing, the maintenance begins to suffer, food service suffers because they don’t feel safe,” Maine said. “They’ve created a circular problem.””},{“_id”:”RE5SKIL3GNEQPI3PBPW7LWKWOA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956700},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Cellphone video has depicted some of the more egregious examples of neglect. One video, shot by inmates at Macon State, showed brown sludge sputtering out of the only water spigot in their cell. Many other facilities have gone extended periods without hot water or heat in general.”},{“_id”:”ID7ORPPYKFDSJJPD5T4S2VZSHE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956701},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Access to health care is more limited than ever, Geraghty said. And mental health counselors are afraid to go to the dorms, she said.”},{“_id”:”PHJPJHQ2MZDN5N244LJKQFNKTM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956702},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Understaffing has led to more inmates being stationed in temporary holding cages, going extended periods without food, water or even bathroom visits.”},{“_id”:”AB74VC2EMNEY7A2X77FVY255CA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956703},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Often they’re left in these cages to urinate and defecate on themselves,” Geraghty said.”},{“_id”:”P72VE3N33BBFPP4DYURGPDXV5I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956704},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At Ware State and Valdosta State prisons, there’s one guard on duty per shift where there used to be three, Maine said. Ware State was the scene of a riot in August that resulted in serious injuries to two guards and three inmates.”},{“_id”:”565SKW4ZWJDWFN45S4PAAEJR2U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956705},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Maine said if the situation persists, lives will be at stake.”},{“_id”:”B5L7SJEAMVA3JDRKC6TTGTOV4I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956706},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s just a matter of time before you see casualties among the staff and inmates,” he said.”},{“_id”:”EH4BXSWJLJGI7NUQDYDPH4LXIQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956707},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Gangs have filled the power vacuum. Last March, the GDC estimated it housed 15,000 gang members, nearly a third of its total population. In the five years previous, authorities said gangs were responsible for 1,700 assaults in Georgia prisons.”},{“_id”:”PV454B2SHFGW7OC7UIMSJ5MRHU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956708},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Heck, gangs ran two-thirds of the prisons 10 years ago,” Maine said. “But I never thought they’d let it get to the point it’s at now.””},{“level”:2,”_id”:”OKDD6PAM2VHB3IWFJ2RXAAX6RQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956709},”type”:”header”,”content”:”‘How does it get like this?’”},{“_id”:”YRDI4UA2LFFMBEEHD3QNN7U5IM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956710},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The pandemic has only made the situation worse, as COVID-19 continues to spread through the prisons. Wednesday saw 44 inmates test positive for the virus; 3,100 have been infected so far. Eighty-eight have died. Another 1,482 staff members have tested positive and two died from the virus, according to the GDC.”},{“_id”:”GJHQPSAQOVHEBIRSPJQCJ6MO7I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956711},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Those figures are likely 10 times below the actual number of infections, according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”},{“_id”:”MLHYWZCC45BLBIWBKLW5KRU5AA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956712},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Shelia McCamy’s ex-husband, currently serving a 20-year sentence at Phillips State Prison in Buford, was among a dozen inmates there who recently tested positive for COVID-19. In emails shared by McCamy, her former spouse, who she declined to identify for fear of retaliation, tells her he has been quarantined in “The Hole” without heat or electricity.”},{“_id”:”CSPA5OSIUJASVKURYGSY26FDL4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956713},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Gave me some cough syrup, and something for this headache is all,” he wrote. McCamy said her loved one is 59 years old and already in ill health, suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.”},{“_id”:”4HPTCJXZLBCADNI4JONMCFL7P4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956714},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Eight days in, there’s still no power in his cell, she said. There are numerous accounts of COVID-19 prisoners locked in cells for days with no medical treatment.”},{“_id”:”THAMZW6W2NANLL5VYS3XFHFV5E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956715},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“If he ever makes it home, I’ll take care of him,” McCamy said. “That’s if, and if don’t look so good right now.””},{“_id”:”6V6RWXHKARBOZC2OOMP543RDDI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956716},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Prisoner-rights advocate Susan Sparks Burns, who runs the Facebook group “They Have No Voice,” a clearinghouse of firsthand accounts from Georgia’s correctional facilities, said the GDC has let the system devolve into chaos.”},{“_id”:”5LG5KU3ZCZDKXMXDANX65CJA3A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956717},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“How does it get like this?” she said. “We’ve got guys going 22 days without any access to showers. So many are sick and living in a filthy environment.””},{“_id”:”PI3HK3SYRRDJLMY2CWUZDU7Y7E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956718},”type”:”text”,”content”:”And many are hungry, she said.”},{“_id”:”532K67WKFJB6XOLQT4KLR7HWDI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956719},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Nico Mitchell recently completed a two-year prison stint, the last of which was spent at Dodge State Prison in South Georgia.”},{“_id”:”R32J57OU4FB7HNMB3L2Z3JB6FE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956720},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The food is horrific. A dog wouldn’t eat to it,” said Mitchell, who lost 22 pounds after two months of incarceration.”},{“_id”:”EDID2YZOSRBNNNO3BZ55SVJWWE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956721},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Prison commissaries are available to inmates who are sent money from loved ones. Mitchell said he turned to hustling to obtain extra funds for “free world food.””},{“_id”:”WVYJFE7Q4RGLXIWULN4S36VAA4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956722},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Geraghty said federal intervention may be the only hope.”},{“_id”:”5IN73K5DCZBK7BOMBIAI6LIZ64″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611269956723},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I think (the GDC) is tolerating a level of chaos we have not seen in the last 20 years,” she said. “The scale of the problem is so great that federal intervention is necessary and warranted.””}],”display_date”:”2021-01-22T10:58:00Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”Georgia prisons ‘beyond the crisis point’”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-01-22T10:58:00Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/news/crime”,”parent”:{“default”:”/news”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”/news”,”name”:”Crime & Public Safety”,”description”:”Crime in Atlanta: News and issues about crime, criminals, police and personal security in metro Atlanta. 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Kemp and his allies pushed for harsher legislation and urged police and prosecutors to send more gang members to prison, for a lot longer.”},{“_id”:”2KCL4ZTGZNAXTFOB7OYJ5EVVJQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611241162723},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Franklin’s arrest and what he faces in court are consequences of the crusade.”},{“_id”:”O5FJFK3TBVG4RB44VJFHDDPCTY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611238347511},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The 28-year-old father of four with no felony record or prior accusations of violence has been held without bond since September 2019 in a drive-by shooting of an Augusta house that injured no one. He was arrested after the victim, the state’s star witness, believed she recognized him from a Facebook page. Authorities allege the shooting was gang-related, so the number of charges — and the potential punishment — ballooned. Franklin faces 51 counts and up to 760 years in prison if convicted.”},{“_id”:”CCKUXKMEQJE3LGXINIDZZGGMCI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611195454595},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Twenty-one other alleged gang members face similar charges in the case, one of Georgia’s harshest gang prosecutions in recent memory.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Maurice Franklin, a restaurant worker and aspiring musician, was arrested in September 2019 for an alleged gang-related drive-by shooting. 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And he could be locked away for life despite serious questions about the evidence against him, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution review of his case.”},{“_id”:”5KENS5Q4S5GGFA7H4UNL55KVHY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611168095553},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At the time of the drive-by, Franklin’s cellphone data put him at least 20 minutes away from the scene. Detectives didn’t interview two alibi witnesses who corroborate the phone records. And the state’s key eyewitness, the traumatized victim, changed her story significantly after the arrests.”},{“_id”:”E34J5FZTZFGHXDT2K6HJ5N4IDU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611195454601},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Initially, the victim said her ex-boyfriend was one of the shooters. She looked at social media photos of people she believed were connected to him and identified Franklin as another gunman. Later, she said her ex actually wasn’t involved, removing the alleged link to Franklin.”},{“_id”:”C6NK5CC5NBFU5DH7KG5I5L6E4Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611179499749},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The AJC shared details of the case with a tenured prosecutor, a veteran civil rights attorney and a professor who’s spent her career studying gang cases. They said the evidence against Franklin was so weak prosecutors should have long ago dropped his charges or, at the very least, re-examined the case.”},{“_id”:”T2JRVPQPEFAEXAHKP5VSI24TY4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1607991698596},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It seems like no one cares,” Franklin said in a letter to The AJC. “All I want is justice because my family is suffering.””},{“_id”:”AKWBL7K6DFEI7AEKPZ6BKG5TH4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526255},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Natalie Paine, the Augusta DA whose office made the case, didn’t respond to requests for comment about the decisions made in the prosecution. As for the evidence related to Franklin, she said she was barred by ethics rules from speaking about a pending case.”},{“_id”:”VIBQ45JRDFEWVE24JIICY3N2WI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526256},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“If you would like to provide the (exculpatory) information,” Paine said in an email, “I would very much like to have it as nothing has been provided to my office along these lines.””},{“_id”:”WOJDMK4ERJG65JMFAVXCSNQECE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609359754949},”type”:”text”,”content”:”While Paine said she was unaware of it, sheriff’s investigators who built the case with the DA’s office have known about the cellphone data and alibi witnesses for 16 months, according to the case file. They’ve also known for months that the eyewitness, whose statement against Franklin appears to be the only evidence against him, changed her story, according to Franklin’s attorney Robert Homlar.”},{“_id”:”7JYJ7KGLZZFMLLEOIZCGO72ZM4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608736736368},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Franklin’s trial had been scheduled for Jan. 3, but Paine’s office told the judge it wouldn’t be ready. And Paine, who had won Kemp’s endorsement for a second term, was not re-elected.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”The office of Natalie Paine, the former Augusta district attorney, brought the indictments against Maurice Franklin and 21 other alleged gang members in an August 2019 drive-by shooting that injured no one.”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:”https://ajc.arcpublishing.com/photo/ZIYZZQOFLNAFRKY5DUJ6IAJBDA”,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ZIYZZQOFLNAFRKY5DUJ6IAJBDA.jpg”,”geo”:{},”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“by”:[{“name”:”Handout”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Handout”}]},”subtitle”:”Natalie Paine”,”width”:1639,”_id”:”ZIYZZQOFLNAFRKY5DUJ6IAJBDA”,”additional_properties”:{“owner”:”joshua.sharpe@ajc.com”,”comments”:[],”iptc_job_identifier”:”NzfKbXN5A-ao82HvA_w3″,”keywords”:[“”],”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ZIYZZQOFLNAFRKY5DUJ6IAJBDA.jpg”,”published”:true,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/EDonO8YlVA5FOtgVt7MDfUgm4jg=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/ZIYZZQOFLNAFRKY5DUJ6IAJBDA.jpg”,”version”:1,”originalName”:”Paine, Natalie.jpg”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”LXJACONBDFCRFJSEYSQOEUOIJY”},”created_date”:”2021-01-07T19:34:07Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-01-21T23:08:03Z”,”height”:2048,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”2YQPM4AGNJESZLSOGSEKHWY3ME”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609189641638},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Jared Williams, a Democrat and former prosecutor under Paine’s predecessor, defeated her in the Nov. 3 election, a victory that Williams attributes in part to the community’s dissatisfaction with over-zealous gang prosecutions.”},{“_id”:”4AKKP7KPORGVLKZSARQRM4XUBA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526294},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Nobody told me, ‘We want you to let gangbangers go free,” Williams said in an interview. “What they said was, ‘We want to make sure the process is fair and they’re only charged with what they did and convicted for what they did.’””},{“_id”:”UMFMXZVCRVFW5KENZWUWRVUUNY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609189641640},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Williams declined to comment on Franklin’s case or say if he’d review it.”},{“_id”:”LLNCWR7IJRAQHKOIW27STJT264″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609883306649},”type”:”text”,”content”:”GBI Director Vic Reynolds, whose agency was not directly involved in the Augusta case, said he’s aware that the anti-gang tactics encouraged by his agency and others have come under criticism.”},{“_id”:”GGHJNWFQGZBX5IUZS6CEVW7FIE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611179499763},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He said he was open to an independent review to determine what enforcement methods were best suited to Georgia.”},{“_id”:”YQD6TMOSBRECBCAAN3FZDTVUQI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609883306650},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“All I want to do is do it in the right way,” Reynolds said of gang prosecutions.”},{“_id”:”RA5GPJCIVJBOHIBAWRPQYHLIKQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609189641641},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The victim’s detective work”},{“_id”:”M5XVY2G7PJC6JNN7DFMTEEGRFM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608651547711},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One afternoon in late August 2019, a young mother of four heard car doors shut in front of her small brick home. She peeked out her front window and saw several armed men approaching. Khadilah White ordered her children to the back of the house. She fled to the kitchen and dropped to the floor, she told investigators.”},{“_id”:”7PYH6QCECFHNJHYP2LHWRVOGAM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526262},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The men opened fire, bullets breaking the front windows.”},{“_id”:”SRZLKIZFL5FMLH7O3ROS73QSPM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526263},”type”:”text”,”content”:”White told responding deputies one of the shooters was her ex-boyfriend and that he was in the Crips, a gang that originated in southern California. White said they’d been arguing over visitation. White said she recognized some of the other men but didn’t know their names.”},{“_id”:”DIKUV7K6URDGRL4ZVVUER3ZOXQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526264},”type”:”text”,”content”:”White did some sleuthing. On Facebook, she checked the pages of people who were connected to her ex, according to the sheriff’s office investigative file. After looking at Franklin’s page, she told an investigator Franklin was involved in the drive-by.”},{“_id”:”MSFPUHIWOJCWRD5UK6O4RAQS5Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526265},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Soon the sheriff’s office put out a news release saying Franklin was wanted.”},{“_id”:”44JW4NFJGVAVZNSGVTULOFAQZU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608577195746},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Franklin and 21 alleged members of a Crips set were indicted Dec. 17, 2019. Most of the defendants face enough charges to imprison them for life multiple times over. Franklin and six co-defendants were accused of being present at the drive-by; the others were accused of being part of the gang’s conspiracy and other crimes.”},{“_id”:”GSLFZVU7XVCZ3LAEXDMJTX435Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609259739599},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Thanks largely to that one indictment, the Augusta District Attorney’s Office filed more gang charges than all of metro Atlanta’s DAs did in 2019 — combined.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Authorities in Augusta arrested 22 men in connection with a 2019 drive-by shooting they allege was gang related, including Maurice Franklin.”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:”https://ajc.arcpublishing.com/photo/DZ5STGHLLVHHRAWR3QC2ELXIS4″,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/DZ5STGHLLVHHRAWR3QC2ELXIS4.jpg”,”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[],”by”:[{“name”:”Ryon Horne”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Ryon Horne”}]},”subtitle”:”Maurice Franklin”,”width”:3719,”_id”:”DZ5STGHLLVHHRAWR3QC2ELXIS4″,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/photo/resize/_oIAE9alFwUfA5ll01gweCjjNtI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/DZ5STGHLLVHHRAWR3QC2ELXIS4.jpg”,”owner”:”kenneth.foskett@ajc.com”,”comments”:[],”keywords”:[“”],”proxyUrl”:”/photo/resize/_oIAE9alFwUfA5ll01gweCjjNtI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/DZ5STGHLLVHHRAWR3QC2ELXIS4.jpg”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/DZ5STGHLLVHHRAWR3QC2ELXIS4.jpg”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”https://thumbor-prod-us-east-1.photo.aws.arc.pub/_oIAE9alFwUfA5ll01gweCjjNtI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/DZ5STGHLLVHHRAWR3QC2ELXIS4.jpg”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/SmpV8FZD3WS4chd14o4D-3P21Jc=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/DZ5STGHLLVHHRAWR3QC2ELXIS4.jpg”,”version”:0,”originalName”:”Augustadefendantmontage copy (1).jpg”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”2YTZMB3V5BC6HHXQ2W4QEHQOG4″},”created_date”:”2021-01-21T17:25:20Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-01-21T17:25:20Z”,”height”:3000,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”WLP63KPYYRB3XLTV5AOSF7NM7A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526266},”type”:”text”,”content”:”‘A badass statute’”},{“_id”:”OJ6V2B64O5BRBEH4IZY4S7L6JA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526267},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The new era of gang prosecutions in Georgia had begun with Kemp’s inauguration nine months before the drive-by shooting. Many prosecutors spent that time learning to file what they called comprehensive indictments, a cornerstone of the Kemp administration’s approach.”},{“_id”:”SZ6PCYNVKVGMHNYQXMIGNTET6A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611179499777},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Under this method, prosecutors charge alleged gang members with as many violations of the state’s anti-gang law as possible. Each count carries five to 15 years in prison.”},{“_id”:”AFXN4YNCYNAIHALERAVUPU2PRM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611195454626},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A comprehensive indictment may also include racketeering charges, punishable by up to 20 years. Prosecutors use racketeering to charge co-defendants with crimes committed on behalf of a criminal organization such as a gang. Like his co-defendants, Franklin faces racketeering charges based partly on crimes, such as robbery and fraud, allegedly committed by others in his purported gang.”},{“_id”:”A7BTGQA5TZBMPDQBUWL7UQ3HJI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608160292799},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Metro Atlanta DAs, for their part, tend to focus on cracking gangs from the top down, aggressively prosecuting leaders. Many metro gang members still get life without parole in violent cases, but generally they would face a few, not numerous, gang charges.”},{“owner”:{“id”:”ajc”},”workflow”:{“status_code”:4},”caption”:”Former Gwinnett District Attorney Danny Porter, who helped write Georgia’s gang laws, says they should be used aggressively against gang members but should not be overused. 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She said these cases can also lead to further mistrust of police, particularly in communities of color. All 22 defendants in the Augusta case are men of color.”},{“_id”:”DSLUATFRT5BFXHH75RHN2NQXUM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611179499786},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I think this is a tragic case of prosecutorial overreach,” Leap said.”},{“_id”:”DAJOVEZ735AN5CLVUPFSCMYGUQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608831421007},”type”:”text”,”content”:”GBI Assistant Director John Melvin, a vocal proponent of the comprehensive approach, said he didn’t know the details of the Augusta case and couldn’t comment on it. But he argues that focusing on gang leaders isn’t effective enough.”},{“_id”:”2APL7KGCH5EW5LHFDCZKLBISMA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526272},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The way we’ve been doing it for 30 years isn’t working,” he said. “I’ve seen aggressive approaches work, I’ve seen it shut down entire gangs, I’ve seen it reduce the overall violent crime.””},{“_id”:”6NZBKFMS4RD5BLSKOGQSU4RHWI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611262288738},”type”:”text”,”content”:”READ: GBI: Gang trafficked teen in South Georgia”},{“_id”:”EFNHX5XDYFE2LDWUQNAKNU4Y3U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611262288739},”type”:”text”,”content”:”READ: A mom thanks Kemp for gang plan. Defense attorneys cry foul”},{“_id”:”HMPJZRSMTJC4JGC4OMHNC74ZWE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1611262288740},”type”:”text”,”content”:”READ: In Georgia, anti-gang push aims at more convictions, longer prison sentences”},{“_id”:”6TZKNI4HPVB5JITYFZDECXLLQI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609168998146},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In Cobb County where Melvin was an assistant DA, authorities saw 494 incidents of gang activity in 2016, he said. That year the DA’s office obtained two comprehensive indictments, sweeping up 67 alleged gang members.”},{“_id”:”YUYLWHTIORGBTIB3N4RHZCVLZU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526275},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In 2017, gang incidents fell to 231 and rose modestly to 260 in 2018, Melvin said.”},{“_id”:”O33L3IGVKZEQVFEXXGBSUQTRSE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608160292804},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He disputed the notion that comprehensive indictments are intended partly to muscle plea deals from defendants. He also said the intent isn’t always to lock them up forever. Every case is different, and that means each prosecutor must simply do their best to see justice, he said.”},{“_id”:”HW5DECI5UBESPPVD7RCITRPLAI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1607986075857},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Porter, who mentored Melvin as a young prosecutor, said he’s skeptical of the comprehensive approach, and he wouldn’t have adopted it in his office.”},{“_id”:”I5O35QVIZJFRBKDCXRPGKIEHAE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526280},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Porter said the gang statute should be used, not overused. He said he’s sat with defendants pleading for him to drop a single gang charge. That’s because they know the conviction marks you in the system, destroys your chances of parole.”},{“_id”:”JFT6U4267VFYDBTTGDP3VK5EQ4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608736736346},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s a badass statute and it was designed to be,” he said.”},{“_id”:”ZTHKIPDUIFDHJMDTFGXDEMP7BY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1607986075859},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Franklin’s alibi”},{“_id”:”MNWFPP66WFDA3HK2YM476GUTKU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526283},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The Samsung Galaxy ought to have been Franklin’s best friend. The GPS data it held corroborated his story of where he went on the day of the shooting. He said he went around town a bit and ended up at the Enclave at Augusta apartments, where he spent the entire afternoon and night.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Maurice Franklin says he was at the Enclave at Augusta apartments, a 20 minute drive from the crime scene, at the time of the drive-by shooting he’s accused of committing. 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She said she remembers this because she was asked about it in the days after the shooting, and she had text messages and photos showing Franklin was there, but she has since lost the phone. Bennett said authorities never reached out to ask if Franklin had been with her.”},{“_id”:”AGI5AQI3RREAJIDONE73EQONWU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526286},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Bennett confirmed Franklin’s whereabouts to a reporter even though she had a reason to hesitate: Franklin is married. Bennett was the other woman, as Franklin had mentioned to detectives when giving them her name.”},{“_id”:”ZM6L2SDGX5GPJNVUWOXXZHII2Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609259739650},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Hightower said the two men smoked marijuana together.”},{“_id”:”J7QXGQLGSBETHL52GVFMNGVDQY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526288},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We were smoking, chilling,” Hightower said, recalling showing Franklin some videos he’d filmed. “I’m positive.””},{“_id”:”PKEIHCO6T5GBFNXHDNVTWODZ7Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526289},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Five minutes after the shooting, someone used Franklin’s Samsung. The sheriff’s office records indicate the phone appeared to still be at the apartments, at least a 20-minute drive from the crime scene. The phone was connected to WiFi, suggesting the phone wasn’t moving.”},{“_id”:”WXLXCKUS55BLLN4P3DTAK762YI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608664149835},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Because the phone contained no information to say it moved from the apartments until 11:56 p.m., the technician who processed it for investigators advised the lead detective to look for other evidence to establish where Franklin was.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Maurice Franklin showing a hand sign in a Facebook photo. Authorities have accused him of flashing gang signs in the photos on his page, but Franklin says he isn’t a gang member and was only representing the neighborhood he’s from in Los Angeles, where gangs are embedded in the culture as much as music or fashion.”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:”https://ajc.arcpublishing.com/photo/EPPESQXLPNE45LI7XRJ2HQMUFM”,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/EPPESQXLPNE45LI7XRJ2HQMUFM.JPG”,”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[]},”subtitle”:”Franklin”,”width”:683,”_id”:”EPPESQXLPNE45LI7XRJ2HQMUFM”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/photo/resize/4MKMcXKkK7Qtx1DCadbkzOn1l3Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/EPPESQXLPNE45LI7XRJ2HQMUFM.JPG”,”owner”:”joshua.sharpe@ajc.com”,”comments”:[],”proxyUrl”:”/photo/resize/4MKMcXKkK7Qtx1DCadbkzOn1l3Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/EPPESQXLPNE45LI7XRJ2HQMUFM.JPG”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/EPPESQXLPNE45LI7XRJ2HQMUFM.JPG”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”https://thumbor-prod-us-east-1.photo.aws.arc.pub/4MKMcXKkK7Qtx1DCadbkzOn1l3Q=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/EPPESQXLPNE45LI7XRJ2HQMUFM.JPG”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/VwNC0uKDWlm8x8xcOcKMnmhdov0=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/EPPESQXLPNE45LI7XRJ2HQMUFM.JPG”,”version”:0,”originalName”:”Franklin, Maurice from FB.JPG”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”7X2PCGSYEJDFXCSNZA37RPFT24″},”created_date”:”2021-01-07T19:30:16Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-01-07T19:30:16Z”,”height”:403,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”JJUWTXXB5NCKLK2OUJ5FOO6BJA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526290},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The Sheriff’s Office, which declined to comment on the details of the case, and the DA’s office have offered no explanation for failing to interview the alibi witnesses and no theory to explain the GPS data.”},{“_id”:”GIBLJNZ25VDB7I4POLTSGJMSOU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1609259739657},”type”:”text”,”content”:”And they haven’t revealed what they make of the victim’s new story.”},{“_id”:”UK76AQ3MQNEVDNRUFGVTHICP7Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608160292822},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The first person White identified as one of the shooters was a man she had two children with, and it was his Facebook friends list where she went searching for suspects more than a year ago. Since then, she’s told investigators her ex was not involved in the shooting and she did not see him at her house, an account she repeated to the AJC.”},{“_id”:”FKLCLP2HMZDKZMSZVGSIGUKLFM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608160292824},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I thought I saw my babies’ father,” White said. “And actually I didn’t.””},{“_id”:”LKDUDJGRXFCB3NWK2VJJHQX7KU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1608129526257},”type”:”text”,”content”:”That hasn’t changed the case for Franklin or any other defendant.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Maurice Franklin with wife Lanette Jones, stepson John, 9, far left, and daughter Imani, 6. 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