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The Incorrect Contempt Ruling By Judge Lott in the Edrick Faust Trial

Last Tuesday, a jury found Edrick Faust guilty of 12 charges in connection with the murder and aggravated sodomy of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker. At the very start of the trial, during opening statements, defense counsel Ahmad Crews was held in contempt of court and fined $1,000 by trial judge Superior Court Judge Lisa Lott for violating O.C.G.A. § 24-4-412, Georgia’s rape shield rule.

Subject to specific exceptions, rape shield rules …

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