A father from Georgia has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder, the AP reports. Justin Ross Harris was freed on Sunday—Father’s Day—from the Macon State Prison, Georgia Department of Corrections records show. He began serving his sentence on Dec. 6, 2016. Harris had moved from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the Atlanta area for work in 2012. He told police that on the morning of June 18, 2014, he forgot to drop off his 22-month-old son Cooper at day care. Instead, he drove straight to his job as a web developer for the Home Depot and left the child in his car seat, he told investigators. Cooper died after about seven hours in the back seat on a day when temperatures hit the high 80s.

At trial, prosecutors put forth a theory that Harris was miserable in his marriage and killed his son so he could be free. They presented evidence of his extramarital sexual activities, including exchanging sexually explicit messages and graphic photos with women and girls and meeting some of them for sex. But his 2016 murder and child cruelty convictions were overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court in 2022, and prosecutors said at the time that he would not face another trial over Cooper’s death. Harris’ convictions on three sex crimes committed against a 16-year-old girl were upheld. He continued serving time on those crimes until Sunday, when he was released from prison.

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GURAM KASHIA said Monday that his Georgia teammates need to put the joy of qualification for their country’s first major international tournament behind them at Euro 2024.

Georgia, who have not played at a World Cup or Euros since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, face Turkey in Group F on Tuesday evening.

“From the first meeting when we started the camp, we said that we have to leave these good feelings and emotions we had from the night we qualified because to still celebrate that moment is not right,“ Kashia told reporters.

“We’re here and we want to compete and we’re gonna fight like never for this. It’s not party time or celebrations for us. We want to show that we deserve to be here.”

March’s penalty shoot-out win over Greece which sealed a trip to Germany, sparked a pitch invasion at the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi and an explosion of joy in Georgia, which has a population of just 3.7 million.

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“I don’t know if you have seen the video but I almost passed out from happiness,“ added Kashia, who plays his club football for Slovan Bratislava.

“It’s always so, so special that you make your country proud of you and proud of what you have done. It was a great moment.”

Georgia coach Willy Sagnol said that his players were “living a dream” after qualifying but that arriving in Germany has refocused their attention on a difficult group which also includes Portugal and the Czech Republic.

“It was a bit difficult at the start of the camp but the players are now ready for the competition, they’re focused on their performance and their discipline,“ said former France international Sagnol.

Sagnol added that his star player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has not been distracted by a row which has broken out over his future between his club Napoli and his agent Mamuka Jugeli.

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Napoli said on Monday that Kvaratskhelia, who is under contract with the Serie A club until 2027, is not for sale after Jugeli told Georgian television channel Sport Imedi on Sunday that he wanted to move the winger “to a club which plays in the Champions League”.

“From what I’ve seen since start of the camp he is smiling, he has a lot of motivation and for me that’s the most important,“ said Sagnol.

“When you’re a good player, like he is, you should never worry about your future, you should always know that things will come at the right time.

“Of course, up until now he has done a lot of good things but if he plays a very good European Championship his future might even be better. So if I were him I would just focus on what I’m doing on the pitch.”

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)— Monday, one non-profit organization presented checks to citizens who came forward to help solve an arson case in Columbus.

“Chief, not every fire is a good thing, but today we’re here to recognize a couple of people who made the right decisions to come forward,” Kenneth LeCroy with Georgia Arson Control (GAC) said. “I’d like to give you these two checks for two of your citizens that helped solve the case in your jurisdiction and if you would be sure they get that.”

GAC is a non-profit organization that works to reward citizens with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of an arsonist.

“The main reason is to reward the people who are coming forward. Those people, they may be putting themselves in harm’s way to come forward and cooperate with the police department,” LeCroy said. “That’s why we stressed the importance of being able to be remain anonymous with the reward presentations.”

Two checks were presented to Chief Salvatore Scarpa for $3,000 and $5,000. Awards can vary up to $10,000.

“It’s vital because we have a team of investigators and getting information from the community is a big part of completing some of these investigations,” Fire Marshal and Division Chief of Columbus Fire & EMS, John Shull, said. “We need the community’s cooperation. We need information from the community, people that have seen evidence, people that have seen things that is involved in these fire investigations.”

GAC has been in operation since 1979. Chief Shull wants to remind citizens if they know any information about potential arson-related incidents, tips can be submitted to the GAC, or to Columbus Fire & EMS.

No specific case of arson is being investigated currently, those who will be receiving the checks from this morning’s check presentation wished to remain anonymous due to the nature of the investigation.