Summary

Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, died by suicide in his courtroom on his last day in office after losing a re-election bid.

He was found Tuesday morning at Effingham County State Courthouse, with investigators believing the incident occurred late Monday or early Tuesday.

Yekel, appointed in 2022, had recently attempted to resign but was denied by Governor Brian Kemp.

He was also facing a wrongful termination lawsuit from a former court employee.

  • Flying Squid
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    1 month ago

    This thread in particular is starting to scare the fuck out of me. If you look at the modlog, someone got their comment deleted for saying that judges deserve to be raped and murdered.

    Edit: We’ll add the person who responded to me just now implying that forum moderators also deserve to be murdered. But hey, there’s no underlying sickness here or anything.

      • Flying Squid
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        11 month ago

        But nothing. This entire thread is fucking sick. People have no fucking shame.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 month ago

          The shame is blindly supporting corruption. Anyone who abuses their power should be removed from power. From judges to mods.