That’s something that has never previously been uncovered or reported. The I-Team responded that we had compared Williams’ recusals with the entire state and found Williams recused the most number of cases statewide. Have a great weekend! Warm Regards, Jared T. He declined our request via email, writing “Thanks for the offer, but I’m not interested in interviewing about this story. The I-Team reached out to DA Jared Williams and asked for him to sit down with us about his submission of 83 cases. In other words, this traffic jam is slowing cases down all over the state, and it affects more than just conflict cases. The AG’s office tells the I-Team they have a single paralegal, so the Chief Prosecutor has helped by contacting district attorneys across the state to take on these 486 cases, “time that typically would have been spent prosecuting cases that fall within our criminal jurisdiction.” That’s the same division responsible for prosecuting human trafficking, white-collar crime, public corruption, and cybercrime. Right now, the assignment of conflict cases falls under the state prosecution division. has agreed to take three conflict cases.” That’s right. MORE | I-TEAM | Dead wrong: Jail medical staff thought mom was faking illness now she’s gone Total 342 Solicitor General County Recusals Sheneka Terry (acting DA)- Chattahoochee 7.Matthey Rollins (acting DA)- Paulding 2.MORE | I-TEAM: Richmond County Marshal’s Office pioneers new program By comparison, Richmond County’s population is only five percent of that, yet the I-Team uncovered the Richmond County District Attorney submitted DOUBLE the number of cases than all the ones from Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, Cobb, and Clayton Counties combined. Their district attorneys and solicitors general sent in a combined total of 41 conflict cases. When you combine the top five counties by population, you get almost four million people. In 2021, Augusta District Attorney Jared Williams sent more conflict cases to the State Attorney General’s Office than any other district attorney in the state of Georgia, and the numbers are staggering. More specifically, the I-Team uncovered more of them are popping up in Augusta than in any other part of the state. It’s not unusual for there to be some conflicts of interest in legal cases, but what our I-Team found interesting was the number of conflicts suddenly popping up. (WRDW/WAGT) - Hundreds of court cases remain locked in limbo because district attorneys across Georgia want someone else to finish the job.
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