Georgia senators want to make it easier to prosecute gang crimes in any county, part of a trend of Republicans pushing tough-on-crime measures.
That’s just one provision contained in Senate Bill 12, an anti-crime bill that passed the Senate on a 44-8 vote Thursday. It also would increase penalties for a felon convicted of certain domestic violence crimes later found with a gun, dictate that people arrested on gang charges can receive bail only from a Superior Court judge, and require people convicted of abusing senior citizens and disabled adults to receive longer prison sentences.
The measure moves to the House for more debate.
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