CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: “Press freedom issue raised” POSTELL AND GBI: 4th AMENDMENT VIOLATED, RULED JUDGE WILBUR OWENS

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CHARLES POSTELL, arrested by GBI after his home office was searched illegally while agents were in his home under pretense of protecting Postell and his family, became his own  best story. A storied and notorious career as an investigative journalist had led to being framed by the state law agency he’d often written unflattering articles for The Albany Herald, where he was state editor. US District Judge Wilbur Owens – who hadn’t been a fan of Postell’s but knew dirt when he saw it – ruled the search had been illegal and violated 4th amendment rights. The Albany Herald’s publishers, Jim Gray, Sr. and his son Jim Gray, Jr. filed a $5.5 million lawsuit against the GBI on behalf of Postell.

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GBI list of items taken from Postell’s home office

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GBI list of items taken from Postell's home office

Charles Postell, investigative journalist and state editor for The Albany Herald, faced charges of aiding and abetting a death row escape from Georgia State Prison after the state police agency illegally searched his home office under the guise of being present to protect Postell and his family from escapees.

POSTELL CHARGES GBI HARASSMENT

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POSTELL CHARGES GBI HARASSMENT

Investigative Journalist Charles Postell had an ongoing war with the GBI, which culminated with the state law agency framing him and wife Judi for aiding and abetting a death row escape.

Charles Postell’s home office after GBI illegal search and seizure

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Charles Postell's home office after GBI illegal search and seizure

Postell’s career as an investigative journalist included many exposes on law officials, and agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). After 4 inmates escaped from Georgia State Prison’s Death Row, they claimed to be protecting Postell and his family, arriving at the Postell home with guns and staying overnight.

Postell caught one of the agents rifling through his office files in the middle of the night. The next day the agents returned with a search warrant and went directly to the files which had been pilfered.

Charges were brought against Postell and wife Judi, but later dismissed following an FBI sting which foiled an extortion attempt.

This led to a $5.5 million lawsuit against the GBI for illegal search and seizure, opening up open discourse about 4th amendment rights violations

Illegal Search and Seizure of Investigative Journalist Charles Postell’s home office

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Illegal Search and Seizure of Investigative Journalist Charles Postell's home office

After a feigned attempt to protect Postell and his family from 4 death row escaped inmates, the GBI returned with a search warrant to take letters which they had pilfered while there under the guise of protection.

They left the next morning when Postell set off for his Albany Herald office, leaving Postell’s wife and children alone in the house they had professed was in danger of escaped convicts retribution after Postell refused to help them.

Mitchell County Georgia Sheriff Bud Williford request for FBI investigation into murder of Mobley

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Mitchell County Georgia Sheriff Bud Williford request for FBI investigation into murder of Mobley

GBI list of items illegal seized from investigative journalist Charles Postell’s home

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GBI list of items illegal seized from investigative journalist Charles Postell's home

Charles Postell, investigative journalist, illegal search and seizure GBI

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Charles Postell, investigative journalist, illegal search and seizure GBI

From Georgia Monthly Magazine with Coroner Joe Burton on cover

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From Georgia Monthly Magazine with Coroner Joe Burton on cover

Georgia Monthly Magazine was ahead of its time for a small area like Southwest Georgia when Charles Postell published it. His cover of State Medical Examiner Joe Burton proved controversial, as did the subject matter, revealing the corrupt and incompetent coroner system in the state of Georgia

State Medical Examiner Joe Burton Questions Credentials of Lab Chief

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State Medical Examiner Joe Burton Questions Credentials of Lab Chief

During Charles Postell’s investigation of the murder of Harrison Mobley while a suspect in Sheriff Bud Williford’s custody, he enlisted the services of State Medical Examiner Joe Burton in Atlanta to assist in reviewing the autopsy reports/evidence and revealed the incompetency of Larry Howard’s investigation