May 15, 2023
A convicted former Georgia sheriff appeared to take a private jet to prison Monday, posting a video on his Facebook and Twitter accounts of him walking, clad in shorts and sandals, onto a plane waiting on a tarmac.
April 28, 2023
Prosecutors urged an Atlanta federal judge to deny bail to a former Georgia sheriff who was convicted of civil rights violations while he appeals his case, saying the violent nature of his alleged crimes precludes the bond request.
March 17, 2023
A former Georgia sheriff is appealing his sentence after he was convicted of violating the civil rights of detainees inside the Clayton County jail, according to a notice of appeal filed in federal court on Thursday.
March 14, 2023
Former Georgia sheriff Victor Hill was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison in a decision the judge called "tragic," after the ex-lawman was convicted in October of violating the constitutional rights of detainees inside the Clayton County jail by ordering them held in restraint chairs for hours.
March 10, 2023
A former Georgia sheriff convicted of unlawfully ordering jail detainees to spend hours handcuffed in restraint chairs asked a Georgia federal judge on Friday to spare him prison time and instead impose a sentence of probation and home confinement in addition to a fine.
March 08, 2023
Federal authorities have asked a Georgia federal judge to sentence former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill to 46 months behind bars for violating the rights of jail detainees by ordering them strapped into restraint chairs for hours while handcuffed.
October 26, 2022
A federal jury in Atlanta, after days of conflict-ridden deliberation that the judge called "unique," found a suspended Georgia sheriff guilty Wednesday on six of seven counts that he deprived jail detainees of their constitutional rights by ordering them to be strapped into restraint chairs for hours while handcuffed.
October 25, 2022
A Georgia federal judge described as "unique" an apparent battle among jurors in deciding whether a suspended Georgia sheriff is guilty of depriving jail detainees of their constitutional rights, indicating a mistrial could be in the cards.
October 24, 2022
A dozen jurors remained deadlocked Monday in a trial against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused of depriving jail detainees of their constitutional rights and will start a third day of deliberations Tuesday.
October 21, 2022
A dozen jurors in a civil rights trial against a suspended Georgia sheriff asked a federal judge in Atlanta to let them out of deliberations early Friday because there was no way they could agree on a verdict by the end of the day.