Martinsville’s suspended mayor fights petition to remove him in a recall trial by jury, a rarity in Virginia

A jury trial on a petition to remove a public official is unusual in Virginia, but two such cases are currently on commonwealth dockets. One of them, in Martinsville, involves Mayor L.C. Jones, whom a circuit judge suspended pending trial, despite the lack of criminal charges. The post Martinsville’s suspended mayor fights petition to remove him in a recall trial by jury, a rarity in Virginia appeared first on Cardinal News.