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Georgia committee advances bill to criminalize cockfighting after witnesses cite linked crime
Summary
The House Judiciary committee voted to advance Senate Bill 102 to the Rules Committee after testimony from prosecutors, federal agents and local law enforcement describing cockfights as a locus for gambling, drugs and other crimes.
Senator Robertson, sponsor of Senate Bill 102, told the House Judiciary Committee that the measure would ban cockfighting and bring Georgia into line with federal law and nearly every other state. "In The United States Of America today ... the fighting of roosters, was made a violation of federal law," he said as he introduced the bill.
The committee heard roughly two hours of testimony from prosecutors, federal agents, and law-enforcement officials who said cockfighting events had become sites for broader criminal activity. Jessica Rock, the statewide animal crimes resource prosecutor, told the panel the bill…
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