Posted on 01/30/2024 1:32:17 AM PST by Libloather
ATLANTA — Georgia House members passed a bill Monday to revive a commission with powers to discipline and remove prosecutors, a move Democrats warn is aimed at disrupting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
The House voted 95-75 along party lines for House Bill 881, sending it to the Senate for further debate.
A similar bill advanced out of a Senate committee last week.
Though Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation last year creating the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, it was unable to begin operating after the state Supreme Court in November refused to approve rules governing its conduct.
Justices said they had “grave doubts” about their ability to regulate the duties of district attorneys beyond the practice of law.
Monday’s measure removes the requirement for Supreme Court approval.
“This commission will now be able to begin their real work, which is bringing accountability to those rogue prosecuting attorneys who abuse their office,” said Rep. Joseph Gullett, a Dallas Republican who sponsored the measure.
Gullett and some other Republicans deny that the measure is directly aimed at Willis, citing instances of prosecutor misconduct, including occasions in the past when Democrats supported the idea of a prosecutor oversight panel.
But Democratic opposition to the commission has hardened, saying Republicans are trying to overwrite the will of Democratic voters.
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Always accuse your enemies of that which you are doing yourself.
Time to star calling her what she is…a spy
Liberals used to see that, with conservatives tending to resist as a matter of reflex, but there is genuine merit to better administrative oversight of one of the most powerful and consequential functions of government. Otherwise, in its absence, abuses are hard to detect and remedy before they do great harm to the criminal justice process and individuals who are ensnared in it.
The terms "rogue prosecutor," "racist prosecutor," "corrupt prosecutor," and "prosecutorial abuse" are valid and not simply figments of the imaginations of criminal defense lawyers. So also are "lazy prosecutor" and "over-worked prosecutor" valid terms and not the mere invention of conservative propaganda. I have enough experience as a lawyer and in politics to be able to give specific and true examples of all of them.
I hope that if Trump is re-elected, his new administration will press for long needed reforms of the criminal and civil justice systems. In an odd way that liberals refuse to see, Trump is a persecuted and sympathetic figure, a cousin so to speak of defendants who have evidence planted on them and deprived of a fair hearing in court. I surmise that at least some of Trump's minority and blue collar support comes from that -- and that Trump knows it.
This boils down to the REAL CULPRITS in this drama.
This was either APPROVED BY or “JUST LET THE CORRUPTION HAPPEN” BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Both men are powerful enough to make an attempt to disassociate themselves from the CRIME.
And I hope, when all is said and done, that Brian Kemp and SOS Raffensb1rger CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL OF THE EVIL THAT HAPPENED IN GEORGIA IN 2020
“... “rogue prosecutor,” “racist prosecutor,” “corrupt prosecutor,” an”d “prosecutorial abuse” are valid”
As are the terms “rogue judge”, “racist judge”, “corrupt judge”.
They exist all the way up to, and including the highest court in the USA.
All too true. I am not yet out of the game, but I am old enough and experienced enough to have recognized all of them and known a few personally.
“...saying Republicans are trying to overwrite the will of Democratic voters...”
What about the will of Republican voters, who happen to be the majority in Georgia? Rats ALWAYS circle the wagon around their own corrupt scumbags.
This is the right answer. Georgians are going to wake up in a completely Blue State because their Governor and SOS are COMPLETELY compromised.
Fani’s fanny is just dragging this “case” on to November. The Peach State isn’t dropping it.
But, I think exposing the culprits is very important.
They should NOT get away free from this travesty.
BTTT
Ooooo. An “oversight panel”.
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