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Monday, August 23, 2010
Courts - More on: "What's Behind the Flurry of Judicial Resignations in Georgia?"
Supplementing this ILB entry from August 20th, Nathan Koppel of the WSJ Law Blog today writes about a lengthy Aug. 22nd Atlanta Journal-Constitution article. The WSJ Law Blog article concludes:
The Judicial Qualifications Commission, the Georgia agency that investigates judges, has given its investigator Richard Hyde, a former Atlanta police detective, the authority to confront judges with investigative findings and to negotiate a quick resignation, according to the AJC.Hyde “is traveling around the state collecting scalps,” one Georgia lawyer said. Hyde declined comment.
Georgia judge Frank Mills III said judges in the state have noticed the recent resignations. “I think we’re all bewildered by it,” he said. “But most of these cases are not similar, so it’s hard to say there’s any trend.”
State judge John D. Allen, the vice chair of Judicial Qualifications Committee, expects the number of judges leaving abruptly will “play out for a period of time.” But, he said, the publicity might prompt some wayward judges to clean up their act.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 23, 2010 01:30 PM
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