Posted on 07/26/2024 1:03:20 AM PDT by blueplum
ATLANTA -- A Georgia judge has denied a preliminary challenge to block a commission created to discipline and remove state prosecutors, finding that it doesn't violate the U.S. or state constitution.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker on Tuesday rejected the request for an injunction against Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission...
Republicans in Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Florida have pushed back on prosecutors who announced they would pursue fewer drug possession cases and shorter prison sentences as a matter of criminal justice reform....
District attorneys argue that they should be able to reject prosecution of whole categories of crimes as a matter of policy. But Whitaker found that the requirement that every case be reviewed “does not meaningfully impair prosecutorial discretion.”...
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If you are a state or county prosecutor who won’t enforce law....you might as well give up and deal in real estate or selling used cars.
Florida is loaded with them. Ugh.
The rope would probably break.
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