Politics & Government

DeKalb Solicitor to Challenge DA Robert James

Sherry Boston is expected to make an announcement Wednesday.

DeKalb Solicitor General Sherry Boston is challenging DeKalb DA Robert James in his reelection bid this fall.

The AJC is reporting that Boston is expected to announce her candidacy on Wednesday.

“Because our current District Attorney has not stopped the corruption, I’m announcing today my campaign for that office,” Boston says. “He has not aggressively pursued corruption in DeKalb government. I will.”

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James was elected solicitor in 2007 and became DA three years later. He has prosecuted some of the county’s highest-profile cases, including the Dunwoody day care shooting involving Hemy Neuman and Andrea Sneiderman; and former DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis’ corruption trial.

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