Andy Pierrotti
Investigative Reporter at Gray Television
Investigative Reporter at WANF-TV (Atlanta, GA)
Investigative Reporter Atlanta News First (CBS-TV), InvestigateTV Email: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
kktv.com | Andy Pierrotti
Gwinnett County, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - The state’s highest court will soon decide whether a man convicted of killing his infant son more than 20 years ago will get a new trial. The case involves the controversial medical diagnosis, shaken baby syndrome. In 2003, a Gwinnett County jury convicted Danyel Smith of murdering his two-month-old son, Chandler. The state’s medical examiner ruled the boy’s death a homicide, caused by blunt force trauma. Prosecutors told the jury it was a “shaken baby” case.
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2 weeks ago |
wrdw.com | Andy Pierrotti |Tim Darnell
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Only hours before adjourning for the rest of the year, state lawmakers failed to pass two bills on Friday that would have dramatically impacted the use of speed detection cameras in school zones. House Bill 225, introduced by state Rep.
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2 weeks ago |
wctv.tv | Andy Pierrotti |Tim Darnell
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Only hours before adjourning for the rest of the year, state senators passed two bills on Friday that could dramatically impact the use of speeding cameras in school zones. Now, it’s up to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to decide whether to sign or veto the bills. House Bill 225, introduced by state Rep.
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2 weeks ago |
wrdw.com | Andy Pierrotti |Tim Darnell
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Only hours before adjourning for the rest of the year, state lawmakers failed to pass two bills on Friday that would have dramatically impacted the use of speed detection cameras in school zones. House Bill 225, introduced by state Rep.
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3 weeks ago |
wrdw.com | Andy Pierrotti
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Thirty years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice warned that the failure to learn to read was not just linked to delinquency, but a likely cause of it. That prediction is playing out today across Georgia, where low literacy rates remain persistent and incarceration rates remain the highest of any democratic country in the world. “It’s 100% a link,” said Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith.
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“When you have a 70% rate of students not reading on grade level, that is an emergency five alarm fire across all areas.” - State Sen. RaShawn Kemp, D – Atlanta. Here’s what’s on the Governor’s desk for consideration to help address the problem: https://t.co/RfJHXQ9Pco https://t.co/dAT6ELQZKJ
RT @MissyPurcell: A huge thank you to @AndyPierrotti for his reporting on Georgia’s reading crisis. His latest piece for @ATLNewsFirst punc…
After months of reporting about Georgia's literary crisis, state lawmakers passed sweeping legislation to change the way children learn to read. Here's what's at stake and a recap of our @ATLNewsFirst investigative series. STORY: https://t.co/RfJHXQ9Pco https://t.co/idG0S589Bz
