The governor’s Judicial Nominating Commission has recommended two African-American prosecutors among a short list of five nominees for two openings on the Superior Court bench in Columbus.
Race became a prominent issue in the JNC’s selection process after Chattahoochee Circuit Superior Court Chief Judge John Allen wrote a memo in September to Gov. Nathan Deal and the JNC, urging them to consider diversity in filling his seat.
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