Georgia’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against Robert Owen Arrington. Arrington was convicted in the 2001 beating death of his 46-year-old girlfriend, Kathy Lynn Hutchens, in Richmond County.

At 7:24 p.m., Tuesday evening…Mark McClain was pronounced dead after being executed by lethal injection…14 years after he shot and killed Kevin Brown inside a Domino’s Pizza on Washington Road…12 years after he was found guilty of that crime, and sentenced to die. Kevin Brown’s father died shortly after the murder, but those who are still around, and knew Kevin, they say it’s a somber day, like John Eckburg, a friend and former co-worker of Kevin’s. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

A man convicted of murdering an Augusta Domino’s Pizza store manager during a robbery, 15 years ago, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night. Mark Howard McClain is scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson. UPDATE: Mark McClain was pronounced dead at 7:24 p.m., Tuesday night.

The lawyer for an Augusta man set to become the state’s 23rd inmate to be executed has petitioned the Georgia Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court to spare his client’s life…Mark McClain is scheduled to die, Tuesday night, at 7:00 p.m. McClain’s attorney, on monday, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to order a lower court review of the case…

Georgia’s top court is set to decide the fate of a 2005 law that limits pain and suffering damages awarded in medical malpractice cases. The Georgia Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case Tuesday weighing the merits of a $350,000 limit on jury awards for malpractice victims’ pain and suffering.

Georgia’s top judges have volunteered to take three furlough days as the state struggles with a funding crisis. Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol Hunstein said Wednesday the effort is another sign that leaders of the judicial branch “remain faithful stewards of taxpayers’ dollars.“

A convicted Harlem High School coach is being released from jail Friday, after her conviction on sexual assault on a female student was overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court, in June.

A Columbia County man convicted of killing his mother several years ago is now free. This comes after he was granted a second trial, and a jury found him Not Guilty. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s for more.

It’s got four wheels and a powerful engine. It can hit speeds of up to 40 mph. But is a riding lawn mower technically a motor vehicle? That argument is at the center of an unusual appeal before the Georgia Supreme Court Monday seeking to cut short the prison term of a man sentenced to 10 years after he was convicted of felony motor vehicle theft for swiping a riding mower.

Carol Hunstein is set to become Georgia’s new top judge. The former DeKalb County Superior Court judge will be sworn in Wednesday by former Gov. Zell Miller, who tapped her in 1992 to become the second woman to serve on Georgia’s Supreme Court. Current Gov. Sonny Perdue also plans to attend.

The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of two University of Georgia students’ lawsuit challenging a local noise ordinance for making them turn down their music. The students claimed the local law is unconstitutional because it violates their First Amendment right to free speech.

Georgia’s top court has overturned the sexual assault conviction of a 28-year-old Richmond County teacher who had a romantic relationship with one of her former students.

No two ways about it: Georgia’s top court has ruled the state law governing how to make a proper left turn is unconstitutional.

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that before a company can sue its insurance company for failure to settle a case out of court, there must first be a court-ordered judgment against the company that exceeds the amount of its insurance coverage.

The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated a death sentence given to Brian Keith Terrell, convicted of killing a 70-year-old Newton County man in 1992.