475:§ 17-8-26) requires judges and prosecutors to defer to the schedules of any member of the general assembly who is also a practicing lawyer, and as speaker, Ralston was able to claim scheduling conflicts any time of year. By delaying court cases in this manner, Ralston was able to keep his clients free on bond for months or even years, while weakening court cases over time by letting memories fade and evidence expire. Some of Ralston's clients retained him specifically for these reasons.
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In April 2019, an independent researcher reviewed
Ralston's court cases across eight counties and found that from 2010 through 2019, Ralston delayed 226 cases a total of 966 times. Multiple attorneys wrote formal complaints to various judges regarding Ralston's delays. In response, Ralston said that
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to "remember that legality and morality don't always align;" Moore wrote a letter to
Ralston stating that "District 1 and many citizens across our great state believe you should no longer serve as the leader of Georgia's largest governing body"; Pullin said Ralston's "actions may be legal according
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Georgia legislature made itself exempt from the Georgia Open
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Journalists found that over the course of 21 cases, Ralston requested delays 57 times, and that on 76 of the 93 conflicting days, the legislature was not in session; he would commonly delay individual cases over a dozen times each. Charges against
Ralston's clients who benefited from this include
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conservatives in Georgia. Every registered voter is going to get one of these. … This will certainly drive up turnout."
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Galloway, Jim; Bluestein, Greg; Hallerman, Tamar (February 22, 2019).
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1054:"Ga. House Speaker Ralston agrees to reprimand in State Bar complaint"
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1571:"The Jolt: Stacey Abrams refuses to join criticism of David Ralston"
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Ashley Fielding, 'State leaders put North Ga. in seat of power', in
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1085:"Supreme Court to investigate Speaker David Ralston over complaint"
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Edwards, Johnny; Joyner, Chris (February 22, 2019).
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1517:. The Gainesville Times. April 27, 2019
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