Judge tosses DAs’ lawsuit challenging Georgia’s prosecutor oversight commission

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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Fulton County Superior Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a bipartisan trio of Georgia district attorneys over the creation of a GOP-created commission to oversee prosecuting attorneys.

Judge Paige Reese Whitaker — who is soon moving to the Georgia Court of Appeals after losing her reelection bid — said the district attorneys, one of whom was DeKalb DA Sherry Boston, failed to show they had been harmed by the 2023 creation of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission (PAQC)…

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