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Hunstein also serves as an adjunct professor at the [[Emory University School of Law]].<ref name="GSC Bio">{{cite web | url = http://www.gasupreme.us/justices_bios.php | title = The Supreme Court of Georgia: Justices' Biographies | publisher = Supreme Court of Georgia | accessdate = 2006-12-18}}</ref> |
Hunstein also serves as an adjunct professor at the [[Emory University School of Law]].<ref name="GSC Bio">{{cite web | url = http://www.gasupreme.us/justices_bios.php | title = The Supreme Court of Georgia: Justices' Biographies | publisher = Supreme Court of Georgia | accessdate = 2006-12-18}}</ref> |
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== Notable decisions == |
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Judge Hunstein was part of a three-justice minority led by Chief Justice [[Leah Ward Sears]] who wrote a strong dissent in the [[Troy Davis case]], concluding that Davis' new potentially exonerating evidence pointing to "actual innocence" justifies a new hearing. Accordingly, the three-justice minority held that the new, exculpatory evidence is sufficient to justify, at the very least, an order to the trial court to conduct a hearing and weigh the credibility of Davis’ new evidence. This procedure would have given the trial court the opportunity to exercise its discretion in determining if the new evidence creates the probability of a different outcome if a new trial were held. |
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Revision as of 07:44, 18 December 2008
Carol W. Hunstein is the Presiding Justice of the U.S. State Supreme Court of Georgia.
Education
Hunstein was born in Miami, Florida on August 16, 1944. By age 23, she was a divorced, single mother who had lost her left leg to cancer.[1] However, she overcame this adversity receiving an Associate's degree from Miami-Dade Community College in 1970, and shortly thereafter a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in 1972. Upon graduation from FAU, Hunstein enrolled in the Stetson University College of Law. In 1976, she received her Juris Doctor, was admitted to the Georgia Bar Association, and subsequently went into private practice.[2]
Career
Carol Hunstein moved from Florida to Atlanta, Georgia in 1976. Having established herself in the legal community by 1984, she ran for and won election to the Superior Court in DeKalb County. Hunstein ran under the slogan “This woman this time,’’ and upon election became the first female superior court judge in the county.[1]
In November 1992, Hunstein was nominated to the Supreme Court of Georgia by Governor Zell Miller. She is the second woman in Georgia history to serve in this position. Since her nomination to the court in 1992, Hunstein has been re-elected by voters three times, mostly recently in November 2006.[1]
Hunstein also serves as an adjunct professor at the Emory University School of Law.[3]
Notable decisions
Judge Hunstein was part of a three-justice minority led by Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears who wrote a strong dissent in the Troy Davis case, concluding that Davis' new potentially exonerating evidence pointing to "actual innocence" justifies a new hearing. Accordingly, the three-justice minority held that the new, exculpatory evidence is sufficient to justify, at the very least, an order to the trial court to conduct a hearing and weigh the credibility of Davis’ new evidence. This procedure would have given the trial court the opportunity to exercise its discretion in determining if the new evidence creates the probability of a different outcome if a new trial were held.
References
- ^ a b c "Stetson University College of Law: Alumni Serving in the Judiciary" (PDF). Stetson University College of Law. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ "Re-Elect Justice Carol W. Hunstein - Carol's Bio". The Committee to Re-Elect Justice Carol W. Hunstein. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
- ^ "The Supreme Court of Georgia: Justices' Biographies". Supreme Court of Georgia. Retrieved 2006-12-18.