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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 29, 2022

Matt Stowe, district attorney general for the 24th Judicial District and currently running for reelection, fired Assistant District Attorney and Henry County Chief Prosecutor Rebecca Griffey on Wednesday, The Courier reports. Stowe told the paper that the action “had been coming for awhile” because Griffey was not “on board” with his vision for the long run. “We just couldn’t work together any longer,” Stowe said. He also said he had heard complaints about Griffey from victims and coworkers. Pushing back on suggestions that the firing was political, Stowe said, “Who in the world would fire someone like this right before, in the middle of really, an election? If it was politically motivated I would have done it long before or long after.”