Georgia News: Judge shoots himself in his Greene County home

Judge James L. Cline, Jr., 62, who presided in eight central Georgia counties, was found dead in his home in Greensboro around 6 p.m. Thursday.

He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, according to an autopsy performed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is helping with the death investigation.

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