ATLANTA — Four Georgia district attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of controversial legislation the General Assembly passed this year creating an oversight board for local prosecutors.
Senate Bill 92 cleared the Republican-controlled legislature in March largely along party lines.
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