Excerpt from Georgia Recorder : "The Georgia General Assembly sent a controversial bill to the governor’s desk Monday to create a new disciplinary board for the state’s local district attorneys [...]
...critics argue that the Republicans’ plan removes prosecutorial discretion to deciding how cases should be prioritized in each community [...]
...Atlanta Democratic Rep. Tanya Miller said the timing of the bill suggests Republicans may not be pleased with the record number of minority women appointed as lead prosecutors over the last couple years.
'It undermines democracy by silencing local voices while really doing nothing at all to make our community safer,' she said.
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