The following column is an opinion piece and reflects the views of the author and not those of The Georgia Virtue. Three different cases in the courtrooms of three different Superior Court judges highlight a real problem in the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit: the state is charging people in cases it can’t see across the finish line. Since the start of District Attorney Daphne Totten’s tenure in January 2021, the office has had three jury trials for sexual offenses and has not secured a conviction in any of them. Matthew Chalkley spent 39 months in jail on a Rape charge only … Continue reading COLUMN: 3 Men, 3 Trials, 2667 Days in Jail, and 0 Convictions