Prosecutors urge restoration of four ADAs moved in circuit split and call for review of staffing formula

Pete Scandalakis, joined by DA Herb Cranford and new West Georgia DA Sarah Japore, told the subcommittee that the senate reallocated four assistant district attorney positions from the Coweta Judicial Circuit to the West Georgia Judicial Circuit during a prior bill that split circuits. The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council asked the legislature to return those four positions to Coweta, arguing the statute and tradition assign state-paid assistant positions…