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A jury's inability to condemn courthouse gunman Brian Nichols to death has re-energized efforts by Georgia lawmakers to allow a judge to consider capital punishment even if there's no unanimous verdict, as a growing chorus of officials says it's time to give the policy another look.
Georgia lawmakers are taking the first steps toward revamping the state's capital punishment rules after a deadlocked jury allowed courthouse gunman Brian Nichols to avoid the death penalty.
The woman credited with helping bring about the surrender of accused courthouse gunman Brian Nichols recounted at his murder trial Monday how she appealed to his religious beliefs during hours in captivity before persuading him to set her free.
The man accused of a courthouse shooting rampage that left four people dead pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday as his trial began amid high security, more than three years after prosecutors say he confessed in the killings.
The judge presiding over the murder trial of the man accused of opening fire in an Atlanta courthouse can stay on the case.
The judge overseeing the murder trial of accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols said Thursday he won't step down from the case, but will ask another judge to consider a defense request to remove him.
The murder trial of accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols will resume July 10, a judge decided Monday even as he considered hearing the three-year-old case at another courthouse.
A judge from a suburban county has been appointed to preside over the murder trial of accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols.
Will Nichols be tried at a crime scene? - CNN.com - Feb 7, 2006Man accused of killing his judge during a rape trial in Fulton County Courthouse may be tried for his crime in the same place.
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