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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, Jan. 20,1972
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ATLANTA—Members of District 11 to the House of
Representatives (l-r) W. M. Williams, Doug Whitmire and
Joe T. Wood discuss Gov. Jimmy Carter’s proposal to take
the Corrections Department out of the big new Human
Judicial reform
waiting in wings
By RANDALL H. HARBER
ATI ANTA (UPI) - When the
Georgia General Assembly fin
ishes with governmental reor
ganization its revamping job
won’t be complete — judicial
reform is waiting in the wings.
Gov. Jimmy Carter has called
reforming the state’s court sys
tem an issue equal in impor
tance to reorganization itself.
Rep. Wayne Snow Jr. of
Chickamauga, chairman of the
House Judiciary Commit
tee, said, “Under our present
system the victim is often pun
ished more by court procedures
than the accused.”
Snow’s committee has been
going over recommendations
made by the Governor’s Judic
ial Study Commission and have
already begun introducing a
package of about 30 bills and
constitutional amendments to
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revamp Georgia’s judiciary sys
tem.
In the Senate, Sen. Julian
Webb of Donalsonville is intro
ducing a virtually identical set
of measures.
If passed, said Snow, the
state’s court system would be
completely reformed and
modernized.
Under the proposals, a consti
tutional amendment will be of
fered putting all the courts in
the state under a uniform ju
dicial system.
“We mean to have through
legislation an administrative of
fice where all the courts would
report their case loads,” said
OTOW.
The office would determine
which courts were overloaded
and judges from adjoining court
districts could be brought in to
handle the flow of untried
cases.
“The judges would be put on
a reporting basis so the public
will know what’s going on,”
Snow said. “The people would
know if the judges are working
or not and it would uncover sit
uations like Donalsonville where
two people waited for a year
without a trial.”
Snow said he is hopeful the
House can begin consideration
of judicial reform within three
weeks.
Resources Department, leaving the Health and Welfare
Departments to be merged. The House has approved 209 of
Carter’s 243 reorganization proposals. (UPI)
In addition, constitutional
amendments will be introduced
calling for less than unanimous
verdicts in non - capital cases
and the establishment of a com
mission to recommend the dis
missal of judges from the court
system.
Theconstitutional amendment
on the qualifications of judges,
already introduced by Rep. Sam
Nunn of Perry, calls for a seven
man commission to advise the
State Supreme Court on the
possible removal, censure or
forced retirement of a judge.
The commission would have
the power to investigate or or
der a probe of a judge’s con
duct. The panel would then rec
ommend what it feels is the
proper course of action to the
Supreme Court, which would
have the responsibility of acting
on the recommendation or
ignoring it.
Grounds for removal of a
judge would be intemperance or
acts compromising the court.
A move will also be made to
have the judge, not the jury, set
sentences.
A board of three superior
court judges would also be set
up to review by request cases
where the sentence is more
than five years. The panel
would sit for three months each
year and its function would be
to guard against judges who
might hand down sentences con
sidered “too harsh.”
Additionally, a 10 member
board would be set up to
advise the governor on appoint
ments to Appellate and Su
preme Court positions. The
committee, made up of five
members appointed by the
board of governors of the State
Bar of Georgia and five lay
men appointed by the governor,
would act only on appointments
to fill unexpired terms.
Some of the other proposed
reforms look like this:
—Reducing the size of juries
to less than 12 but more than
six in non-capital cases.
—Requiring all courts to
maintain a criminal calendar
for cases so people will know
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Student senate
condemns bombings
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) — The student senate at the
University of Georgia, on a split vote, passed a resolution
Wednesday night condemning the recent bombings of
North Vietnam and calling for the immediate withdrawal
of all American troops from IndoChina.
The resolution, passed by a vote of 36 to 24, said Nixon
has ordered more bombing in three years than President
Johnson did in “all his administration.’’
DeKalb sets vote
on liquor Feb. 8
DECATUR, Ga. (UPI) —Feb. 8 has been set as the date
for a referendum to legalize liquor sales in DeKalb
County, the state’s second largest.
The DeKalb County Board of Elections set the date
Wednesday after receiving a petition bearing 63,000
signatures, well over the minimum of 50,000 needed.
The campaign to legalize liquor sales in DeKalb, which
makes up part of Atlanta’s suburbs, was begun last fall af
ter the county cracked down on sale of liquor at some 40
private clubs.
Beer and wine sales have already been voted in.
Man draws year
for pointing gun
WARRENTON, Ga. (UPI) — A Warren County jury
convicted a 25-year-old Negro Wednesday of pointing a
shotgun at a state patrol car during racial disturbances
last May.
Winston Grier of Warrenton was sentenced to 12 months
in jail on the conviction by Warren County Superior Court
Judge Robert Stevens.
Grier’s trial lasted two days, and the jury of 11 men and
one woman deliberated about four hours before returning
the guilty verdict
when they will be tried.
—Provide for only one jury
box in each county. This bill
would provide that both grand
juries and petit juries would be
drawn from the same box and
would eliminate constant repe
tition of grand jury members.
—Reduce the number of po
tential jurymen in capital cases
from 48 to 36 and cut the num-
ber of pre-emptorary strikes to
12 for each side.
Additionally, the concept of
regional juries is also under
consideration.
“The public is sick and tired
of wasting time at court
houses,” said Snow. “The re
forms will result in people not
having to go back over and
over again.”
Rep. Brinkley
backs lady veep
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A Georgia congressman has
put forward the name of a woman congressman as
potential Democratic vice presidential nomination.
Rep. Jade Brinkley of Columbus said he feels that Rep.
Edith Green, D-Ore., would be an ideal running mate for
either of the two presidential contenders he favors, Sen.
Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash., or Rep. Wilbur Mills, D-Ark.
Brinkley said Mrs. Green was an excellent debater,
knew her legislative subjects and had a “sound
philosphy.” He said he did not propose her name merely
to have a woman on the ticket but is concerned with
having qualified Democrats running for office.
Mrs. Green, 62, is serving in her ninth term in the
House. She had long been allied with the liberal side but
broke off on the school busing issue. She is the author of an
anti-busing amendment the House adopted for its version
of the emergency school aid bill last fall by a 281-126 vote
that would prohibit the federal government from
requiring school officials to use local funds to finance
busing.
Brinkley said this action showed Mrs. Green is con
cerned with the basics of quality education and not with
“artificial standards” such as achieving racial balance in
schools for its own sake.
Brinkley proposed the name of Mrs. Green at a Capitol
breakfast with newsmen.
He said he would not support Rep. Shirley Chisholm, D-
N.Y.
Race has nothing to do with it, Brinkley said, Mrs.
Chisholm is not qualified.
Brinkley said a black would be acceptable to him if he
was qualified and offered a level headed approach to
national issues.
Carter to push
blacks in Guard
ATLANTA (UPI)—Gov. Jimmy Carter said today he
would make an effort to get more blacks and other
minority groups in the Georgia National Guard.
Carrter and Adj. Gen. Joel B. Paris HI met recently
with 15 black leaders to discuss a recruiting program and
decided to set up an advisory committee to see that the
proposal is carried out.
“Presently there are only 60 blacks in the Georgia Army
and Air National Guard,” Carter said. “And it is my
intention that we implement a program that will
immediately allow for increased participation by blacks.”
The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, called the program an
excellent idea and pledged his support. Lyndon A. Wade,
executive director of the Atlanta Urban League, said
response by the black community has been
“overwhelming.”
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