The Judicial Qualifications Commission has issued new charges against a Grady County state court judge, accusing him of improperly instructing county lawyers to drop cases against defendants.

The new charges—filed Monday against Judge J. William Bass Sr. at the Supreme Court of Georgia—also accuse the judge of trying defendants who failed to appear in court in absentia rather than issue bench warrants for their arrests.

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