Former Atlanta mayor goes free

Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell is a free man. Campbell has spent more than two years in prison and a halfway house for tax evasion. The FBI says the man who served eight years as Atlanta's mayor was released from a Salvation Army halfway house in West Palm Beach, Fla., just before lunch today. Campbell was convicted in 2006 of evading taxes on more than $160,000 in income.

(Associated Press)

Former mayor can surrender law license

The Georgia Supreme Court has granted former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell's request to voluntarily surrender his law license. Campbell was convicted last year of tax fraud and sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. According to state bar rules, because Campbell was convicted of a felony, he is in violation of the Georgia rules of professional conduct. The court ruling says surrendering his license amounts to disbarment.

Former Atlanta mayor appeals again

Attorneys for former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell say his tax evasion charges should be thrown out. The lawyers say one of his trial attorneys was barred from the case. A federal court in Atlanta was scheduled to hear arguments on the issue tomorrow. Campbell was convicted last year on three counts of tax evasion. He is currently serving his two-and-a-half-year prison sentence.