The full name of the defendant is displayed as initials in an effort to protect the identity of the accuser, who is a minor, as well as the accused, who has yet to face a jury of his peers. After 975 days, bond was ordered last week for a man awaiting trial in Effingham County Superior Court, but he remains behind bars, not yet having been able to post bail.  JJS’s jury trial was slated to begin in mid-August 2022, but when Judge Gates Peed refused to grant a motion by the state to preemptively exclude almost all of the … Continue reading Judge Orders Bond in Case Indefinitely Delayed by State’s Appeal Over Witnesses