Effort to remove GA prosecutor from jail death case blocked
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A judge has rejected an effort to remove the Chatham County District Attorney from a case involving a man who was found dead in the county jail. Chatham County Superior Court Judge Michael Karpf said in a ruling Thursday that a motion by lawyers representing the family of 21-year-old Mathew Ajibade questioning District Attorney Meg Heap's impartiality lacked the legal basis to have her removed from the case. Ajibade was being booked into the county jail Jan. 1 when he became involved in a fight with jailers. He was later found dead in a restraining chair. Two former county jail employees and a contract health care worker have been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and more in Ajibade's death. Sheriff Al St. Lawrence said nine deputies have been fired. (Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)