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On a tragic day in Atlanta, Georgia, the life of Rowland Wayne Barnes, a 64-year-old White male, was cut short in a violent attack that shook the city's judicial system. It was March 11, 2005, and Judge Barnes was presiding over a case in his Fulton County Superior Court courtroom when the unthinkable happened. The man on trial, Brian Nichols, was facing charges of rape. In a brazen act of violence, Nichols managed to overpower a sheriff's deputy, seize her firearm, and unleash a rampage that wo ...Read More
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Victim Details

Rowland Wayne Barnes

Male

White / Caucasian

Atlanta

GA

2005-3-11

64

Rowland

Wayne Barnes

03/27/2026