News from District Attorney Anita Howard

 Our Circuit Grieves Tyre Nichols’ Death Like many of you, I am horrified by the senseless, violent attack of Memphis police officers on Tyre Nichols.  I am shaken to my core each time our nation experiences this type of incident perpetrated by those who are sworn to...

SHEDDING LIGHT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE…

Three days before his jury trial was set to begin in Bibb Superior Court, Dontize Hughes pled guilty to Aggravated Assault and Kidnapping for a violent attack on his wife on June 15, 2020. On that fateful day, when the victim arrived home Hughes broke out the window...