[ltc8k6]

Tanksley.

Not sure how the judge can offer her a new trial, though.

Strange.

http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/mom-gets-probation-and-1042791.html

[AnAmericanMother]

She's a good judge. Daughter of Judge Jeptha Tanksley, law school classmate of my dad's and a wounded WWII vet.

In GA, a trial judge has the discretion to grant a new trial once for just about any reason. I'm sure she offered that because Nelson went to the media with all the 'not a jury of my peers', white middle class, etc. talk. That was primarily intended to put the judge on the hot seat over sentencing, though, so I think you'll see this case just fade away. She'd be a fool to ask for a new trial because she can't do better with this evidence.