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===Wrongful Termination of Wanda Spann=== | ===Wrongful Termination of Wanda Spann=== | ||
Wanda Spann served as Cobb County Pretrial Court Services Director from 1983 – 2003. | |||
She was appointed to this position by the Cobb County Superior Court Judges Council at | |||
age 23, becoming Cobb County’s first African American department head and judicial | |||
appointee. | |||
<blockquote>Mrs. Spann had a stellar career in Cobb’s court system for 23 years but was | |||
unlawfully terminated in May of 2003 by Chief Magistrate Judge Frank Cox, a person | |||
who had absolutely no authority over her or Pretrial Court Services. Spann | |||
served at the pleasure of the Cobb County Superior Court Judges Council according to | |||
the Uniform Superior Court Rules of Georgia. | |||
Cox orchestrated a witch hunt against Spann to remove her from her position. His plan | |||
consisted of deceitful and unethical practices such as accessing Spann’s computer from a | |||
remote site to obtain a letter she was writing to the Superior Court Judges seeking | |||
protection from his constant harassment. Cox was angry because Spann complained he | |||
was trying to force one of her employees to sign a letter he dictated in the employee's | |||
name, which contained lies to circumvent conditions of a murder defendant's bond. She | |||
also complained of his improprieties concerning the bonds of child molesters and other | |||
serious offenders. | |||
On March 19, 2003 Cox was given a memo by Superior Court Judge Mary Staley which | |||
stated that the Georgia Supreme Court had approved for the Chief Magistrate to have | |||
supervisory authority over Spann and her department. This was not true. Cox used the | |||
letter to place Spann under house arrest/suspension. | |||
On May 21, 2003 Mary Staley gave Cox another letter containing similar information which | |||
he used to terminate Spann the following day.</blockquote> | |||
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