After exchanging salvos with the state Supreme Court about who was acting in a “bizarre” fashion, Fulton County’s district attorney dropped a type of appeal that the justices suggested was wasting everyone’s time.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

But Fulton DA Paul Howard Jr. embarked on a campaign he said was backed by many other prosecutors to push Gov. Brian Kemp for legislation that would curb trial judges’ power to act as a “13th juror” and undo jury verdicts.

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