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This is a summary of reporting published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 22, 2026. It was not written by Georgia Prisoners’ Speak. GPS tracks coverage of Georgia’s prison system so the record stays in one place. The full article is on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s own site.
A Gwinnett County judge has granted a new trial to Danyel Smith, who was convicted more than two decades ago in the shaken-baby death of his 2-month-old son, Chandler. Smith has consistently maintained his innocence, and his defense team has sought to present new evidence they believe could exonerate him. In 2023, Gwinnett prosecutors offered Smith a plea deal that would have released him from prison if he admitted to killing the child, but Smith rejected it, refusing to confess to a crime he says he did not commit. The ruling directly involves Georgia’s criminal justice system through the Gwinnett County courts and the Georgia Department of Corrections, which has held Smith for over 20 years.
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