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Georgia Is the Only State Where a $2 Drug Test Can Convict — Colorado Just Showed How to Fix It

Georgia is the only state where a $2 field drug test can sustain a conviction at trial. Colorado just showed — unanimously — how to fix it. A zero-cost reform could protect 961 Georgians falsely arrested each year.

Georgia’s IAC Process: The Chief Justice Called It a Mess — Here’s the Fix That Costs Nothing

Chief Justice Peterson asked the legislature to fix Georgia’s broken IAC process. Bill A, Part III of the Georgia Post-Conviction Justice Act does exactly that — at zero cost. This brief explains the problem, the reform, and the political case.