Hyde sworn in as new JQC member
Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday swore in investigator Richard Hyde to be a new member of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission.
Since he began working for the JQC in 2007, Hyde has overseen investigations that led to the resignations of more than 30 judges. In January, Deal appointed Hyde to become one of the JQC’s seven members. A former Atlanta street cop, Hyde also was one of the three special investigators who uncovered widespread test-cheating in the Atlanta Public Schools.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
