Cherokee County holding some court proceedings in parking deck
"Deck court" partially unclogs Cherokee County justice pipeline Author: Doug Richards Updated: 6:01 PM EST January 22, 2021 CANTON, Ga. — The pandemic has shut down much of the state’s court system. But, in Cherokee County, officials have created a workaround. They’ve moved court proceedings into the parking deck behind the courthouse building. “At the outset, we were all justifiably skeptical,” said solicitor general Todd Hayes. Three times a week, Cherokee County’s “deck court” commandeers several hundred square feet of the courthouse's ca...
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