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Selection and Retention Process for Tennessee Appellate Court Judges Challenged
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2014
by Christopher McWhorter
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2014, page 30
Selection and Retention Process for Tennessee Appellate Court Judges Challenged
by Christopher McWhorter
In the State of Tennessee, judges are elected. Before incumbent appellate court judges are placed on the ballot, however, they must be evaluated by the Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee (JPEC), which recommends whether they should be retained ...
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