Accountability Courts review and combat the rising number of misdemeanor & traffic offenses stemming from untreated, underlying issues

Use these programs to identify, educate, and provide treatment for offenders with serious Mental Health Disorders, Family Conflicts, and Addictions

- Accountability Courts review and combat the rising number of misdemeanor & traffic offenses stemming from untreated, underlying issues
- Use these programs to identify, educate, and provide treatment for offenders with serious Mental Health Disorders, Family Conflicts, and Addictions

Administration

Address the racial and economic disparities in our justice system

True justice does not discriminate against age, ability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, economic background, or social status

- Address the racial and economic disparities in our justice system
- True justice does not discriminate against age, ability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, economic background, or social status

Public Safety

Ensure that every person who enters State Court of Cobb County is fully heard and treated with respect

Case facts and circumstantial evidence must be carefully reviewed to ensure that guilty and/or liable parties are held accountable for their actions

- Ensure that every person who enters State Court of Cobb County is fully heard and treated with respect
- Case facts and circumstantial evidence must be carefully reviewed to ensure that guilty and/or liable parties are held accountable for their actions

Fair Judgement

Trina Griffiths

Extend Cobb's incredible Accountability Courts, which provide alternatives to sentences that send people to jail

Accountability Courts confront underlying issues, reducing our incarceration rates and the chances they re-offend

People suffering from mental health issues and their families hold a special place in my heart, especially veterans

- Extend Cobb's incredible Accountability Courts, which provide alternatives to sentences that send people to jail
- Accountability Courts confront underlying issues, reducing our incarceration rates and the chances they re-offend
- People suffering from mental health issues and their families hold a special place in my heart, especially veterans

Diana Simmons

The State Court presides over all criminal cases below the grade of felony and tries civil lawsuit cases, including medical and legal malpractice, wrongful death, serious personal injury, product liability, and breach of contract cases. State Court Judges also judge misdemeanor criminal cases, including simply battery, DUIs, criminal trespass, and traffic citations.

Judges traffic violation and misdemeanor cases