Jamaican-American is new Superior Court Judge in Clayton County

Jewel Scott

​Jewel Scott has become the first Jamaican-American to win a seat as Superior Court Judge in Clayton County, Georgia.

Clayton County voters ousted Superior Court Judge Kathryn “Katie” Powers, choosing opponent Jewel Scott with 60% of the votes. Scott previously served as Clayton County’s first female and first Caribbean-American District Attorney in 2005.  In 2016, she narrowly lost a race for the superior court. 

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