A committee of lawyers and judges chaired by a Georgia Supreme Court justice has begun meeting to revise the state’s judicial code of ethics, in a review that could include how the state’s 2,000 judges should manage their election campaigns, answer recusal questions and use social media such as Facebook.
Justice Hugh P. Thompson told the Daily Report that his committee “will very carefully check the organization and composition of the code itself,” as well as review “procedures of enforcement” for judges who might stray from its ethical mandates.
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