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Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Federal Judges Very Rarely Sanctioned for Misconduct by Matthew Clarke Federal judges, who have lifetime appointments, hold positions that give them unique power to control the future of defendants who appear before them in public proceedings. However, when it comes to examining the personal behavior of those same jurists, they …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Supreme Court Sets Aside Florida’s Death Penalty Sentencing Procedure by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, has ruled that Florida’s system of allowing juries to make death penalty recommendations that judges may or may not follow is unconstitutional. According to Justice Sonia Sotomayer, the “jury’s recommendation …
Article • January 12, 2016
Indiana Judge Removed From Bench For Multiple Instances of Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered that Marion County Superior Judge Kimberly Brown be permanently removed from the bench, after three judges appointed to investigate complaints against her found she had committed judicial misconduct in 46 of …
Article • January 12, 2016
Texas State District Judge Sentenced for Corruption by Matthew Clarke On August 21, 2013, Abel Corral Limas, 60, former judge of the 404th Judicial District Court of Cameron County, Texas, was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison on racketeering charges he pleaded guilty to on March 31, 2011. Limas …
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Massachusetts Power Struggle over Cronyism Blocks Assistant Court Clerk Hiring by Mark Wilson Massachusetts Power Struggle over Cronyism Blocks Assistant Court Clerk Hiring by Mark Wilson An apparent power struggle over the proposed hiring of an assistant clerk in the Hingham District Court in Massachusetts, southeast of Boston, has blocked …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
One of Two Charges Dropped against Former Texas Governor in Abuse-of-Power Case by Matthew Clarke One of Two Charges Dropped against Former Texas Governor in Abuse-of-Power Case by Matt Clarke One criminal charge has been dismissed in an abuse-of-power case filed against ex-Texas Governor Rick Perry, but a second charge …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Former West Virginia Judge Pleads Guilty, Sentenced by Joe Watson Former West Virginia Judge Pleads Guilty, Sentenced by Joe Watson A former Mingo County, West Virginia circuit judge was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison and fined $6,000 after pleading guilty to federal conspiracy charges which grew out of …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Former Illinois Drug Court Judge Gets Prison Time Following Fellow Judge’s Fatal Overdose by Joe Watson Former Illinois Drug Court Judge Gets Prison Time Following Fellow Judge’s Fatal Overdose by Joe Watson A former judge over an Illinois drug court is serving a federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Final Class-Action Settlement Pending in “Kids for Cash” Scandal by Final Class-Action Settlement Pending in “Kids for Cash” Scandal A class-action suit is on the verge of being settled by the co-owner of two for-profit juvenile detention facilities in Pennsylvania, who was sued after a pair of state court judges …
Brief • July 9, 2015
Anderson ACLU v. Judge Carl F. Gerds III, BiS Complaint for Superintending Control, MI, indigent debtors prison, 2015 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF MACOMB In re DONNA ELAINE ANDERSON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Circuit Comi Case No. 15-- - …
Brief • July 9, 2015
Anderson ACLU v. Judge Carl F. Gerds III, Complaint for Superintending Control, MI, indigent debtors prison, 2015 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF MACOMB In re DONNA ELAINE ANDERSON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Arising from 38th District Court Case Nos. …
Article • July 1, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Following Suspension and Reprimand for Misconduct, Ex Kentucky Judge Remains Unrepentant by David Reutter Following Suspension and Reprimand for Misconduct, Ex Kentucky Judge Remains Unrepentant by David Reutter The Kentucky Judicial conduct Commission (JCC) publicly reprimanded a retired judge for “reprehensible” behavior that included a threat to strangle a lawyer …
Article • June 10, 2015
Convicted Bail Bondsman Assists FBI to Remove District Judges from the Bench by Convicted Bail Bondsman Assists FBI to Remove District Judges from the Bench On August 28, 2006, U.S. District Judge George P. Kazen sentenced former Gretna, Louisiana bail bondsman Louis Marcotte to 38 months in prison and ordered …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Former PA Supreme Court Justice Convicted, Disbarred, Ordered to Write Apology by Joe Watson Former PA Supreme Court Justice Convicted, Disbarred, Ordered to Write Apology by Joe Watson The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has accepted the voluntary disbarment of one of the high court’s former jurists who was convicted in 2013 …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Judicial Misconduct Results in Mild Sanctions by Matthew Clarke Judicial Misconduct Results in Mild Sanctions by Matt Clarke In November 2011, the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct (TCJC) temporarily suspended Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams after a 2004 video of Adams viciously beating his then-16-year-old daughter, Hillary, went viral. …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Philadelphia Traffic Court Abolished; Seven Judges Convicted by Philadelphia Traffic Court Abolished; Seven Judges Convicted The first black woman to be named president judge of Philadelphia’s Traffic Court has been sentenced to two years in federal prison in connection with a widespread ticket-fixing scandal that also led to the convictions …
Brief • March 24, 2015
In re Office of the Hinds Co. Pub. Defender, MS, Amicus Brief, Judicial Interference with Public Defenders, 2015 E-Filed Document Mar 24 2015 16:59:02 2015-M-00397 Pages: 16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI In re: Office of the Hinds County Public Defender, eta/ ) ) NO. 2015-M-00397 ) Petitioners ) …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Freed from Prison by Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Freed from Prison A former Michigan State Supreme Court Justice is once again a free woman following her release from federal prison after serving time for bank fraud. Diane Hathaway, 60, was released from a minimum-security …
Article • March 4, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Texas Sex Offender Oversight Agency Faces Investigations, Calls for Reform by Matthew Clarke Texas Sex Offender Oversight Agency Faces Investigations, Calls for Reform by Matt Clarke An increasing number of attorneys, legislators and prisoner advocacy groups are calling for reforms to Texas laws governing the civil commitment of sex offenders, …
Thompson v. Dekalb County, GA, Settlement, Court Practices Target Poor, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGRJmMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims (hereinafter "Agreement") is made by and among DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA ("DeKalb County"); CHIEF JUDGE NELLY WITHERS, In Her Official Capacity as Chief Judge of the DeKalb …
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