Georgia Judge Removed Over ‘Baseless’ Jailing, Mistreating Staff

A Georgia probate judge was ordered off the bench and barred from running again for seven years after Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday found the judge showed “flagrant disregard for the law, court rules, and judicial conduct rules.”

Douglas County Probate Court Judge Christina Peterson violated Georgia’s code of judicial conduct during several incidents, the Georgia Supreme Court said in an unsigned decision. They include jailing a woman for contempt of court “without explanation or justification” and using a panic button to summon court staff when there wasn’t an emergency, the court said.

In light of the “the extremely ...