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The Atlanta nonprofit Barred Business Foundationis suing Fulton County DA Fani Willis for allegedly failing to inform a judge when someone is held in jail on felony charges without being indicted for longer than 45 days. A report last year by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) found at one point, more than a third of people at Fulton County Jail fit that description. Julian Clark is an attorney with the ACLU, which, along with the ACLU of Georgia, is representing the nonprofit in its lawsuit. He spoke with GPB’s Peter Biello.
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Peter Biello: So your study found last year that hundreds of people are waiting in jail without an indictment. When you asked Fulton County why these people were waiting so long, what did they say?
Julian Clark: So, we specifically sent in records requests that asked for information about it, but we never asked directly any officials in the county why. Why people are being held.
Peter Biello: What did they say in response to that information request?
Julian Clark: So we specifically requested whether they were complying with a court rule which is subject of the lawsuit. And they responded that they have no information that is relevant to our request, which suggests to us that they are not in compliance with that rule.
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