Difference between revisions of "Child endangering Cobb County judge prepares for senior judgeship"

The Georgia Legislature identifies certain situations that leave some individuals vulnerable to the will and desires of others (e.g., school teachers, psychiatrists, law enforcement, etc.), and it is clear that Georgia sexual abuse laws are created for the very purpose of deterring the exploitation of vulnerable individuals.<ref>Improper Sexual Contact – O.C.G.A. § 16-6-5.1

"Georgia’s statutory rape law does not provide a deterrent for a 43-year-old court ordered male custodian of a non-blood-related 16-year-old girl from developing a romantic relationship with that girl while in his custody," McMaster explained. "In fact, there is no protection under Georgia law for the minor child at risk discussed in '[[The Lion's Den]]' article."

Perhaps Judge Flournoy’s most notorious traits are his unruly temperament on the bench and his failure to recuse himself from cases that he should not preside over. The more publicized circumstance is "[[The Lion's Den]]" case, an exert of which is as follows:

In another case pending in Cobb County Superior Court, Judge Flournoy engaged in what was described as a yelling match with an attorney. One of Flournoy's most famous rulings came in 2011 in what may very well be the largest white-collar scandal in Cobb County history. According to an AJC article authored by Margaret Newkirk, Judge Flournoy threw out a 31-count racketeering and theft indictment against former Cobb EMC CEO, Dwight Brown. Brown at the time was represented by the Barnes Law Group, founded by former Governor of Georgia, Roy Barnes who appointed Judge Flournoy to the Cobb County Superior Court bench in 2000.

According to Open Records, Judge Flournoy sent his application for Senior Judge status to Governor Brian Kemp's office on October 24, 2022, but no public announcement on that request has been made as of the publishing of this article. Right now, it's all eyes on Kemp.