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On May 21, 2003 Mary Staley gave Cox another letter containing similar information which he used to terminate Spann the following day.</blockquote> | On May 21, 2003 Mary Staley gave Cox another letter containing similar information which he used to terminate Spann the following day.</blockquote> | ||
==Robert D. Leonard II - Chief Superior Court Judge of Cobb County== | |||
[[File:Frank Cox.jpg|frame|Former Cobb County Chief Magistrate Court Judge Frank R. Cox]] | |||
Former Cobb Chief Magistrate Frank R. Cox took office in 2001. He supervised a staff of 50 people, including 14 judges. He received his B.S. Degree from Georgia State University and his Juris Doctor from Woodrow Wilson College of Law. Prior to his judgeship, Cox served as an assistant district attorney in Cobb for 15 years. <ref>[https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/cobb-chief-magistrate-resigns-under-investigation/Uh0OB22i3bbpTvTEaHXDvL Dan Klepal, ''Cobb chief magistrate resigns under investigation'', (ajc.com, 2015).]</ref> | |||
===JQC Complaint Leading to Resignation=== | |||
In an article written by [https://www.ajc.com/staff/dan-klepal Dan Klepal] for [https://www.ajc.com The Atlanta Journal-Constitution], "two attorneys filed separate complaints against Frank Cox with the [[Judicial Qualifications Commission]], which investigates accusations of judicial misconduct and makes disciplinary recommendations to the Georgia Supreme Court." | |||
"Both complaints center around judicial temperament, and how people were treated in Cox’s courtroom." <ref>Id.</ref> | |||
===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."<ref>[http://www.justiceforwandaspann.com/background.html ''Justice for Wanda Spann'', justiceforwandaspann.com]</ref> | |||
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