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'There is no one the lawyers of this state could thank more than Gov. Carter for what he's done,' W. Stell Huie, president of the Georgia Bar, has commented. 'The bar has given him the highest plaudits we could give him'."

In a article appearing on May 17, 1976, which assessed Carter's record as Governor, James Wooten reported that Carter "imported from out of state highly respected penologists to begin a continuing overhaul of Georgia's ancient prison system, once characterized by the old chain gangs."

Writing in the issue of September 6, 1976, Aaron Epstein and Philip Gailey reported on the views of the Carter administration in Georgia held by Professor T. M. Simpson of the Political Science Department at the University of Tennessee. The reporters claim that Simpson has studied the Carter administration longer than any outsider. His judgment is that Carter's most underrated achievement was the strides he made in reforming the state's court system.

John Dillin also praised Carter's judicial reforms in his series article appearing on July 19, 1976.