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After presiding over a hearing early this year, a judge has found the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission proved seven of eight counts of misconduct it alleges of suspended Jackson County District Judge James Justin.
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After presiding over a hearing early this year, a judge has found the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission proved seven of eight counts of misconduct it alleges of suspended Jackson County District Judge James Justin.
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The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission cleared Division 2 District Judge Ralph Ohm of judicial misconduct for steering misdemeanor drug and alcohol offenders to a faith-based program sponsored in part by his church.
This was announced March 25, 2011.
It concisely educates the public about the realities of rampant legal and judicial corruption
It was produced by a legal intern. It tells the story of what she learned abut thew legal system and judicial system during her internship.
What a Legal Intern learned on the Job.
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The Judicial Conduct Commission filed misconduct charges against Harlan County Kentucky Circuit Judge Russell Alred on March 22, 2010.
Continue reading Misconduct Charges against Harlan County Kentucky Circuit Judge Russell Alred
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The traditional Anglo-American distrust for secret trials has been variously ascribed to the notorious use of this practice by the Spanish Inquisition, to the excesses of the English Court of Star Chamber, and to the French monarchy’s abuse of the lettre de cachet. All of these institutions obviously symbolized a menace to liberty. In the hands of despotic groups each of them had become an instrument for the suppression of political and religious heresies in ruthless disregard of the right of an accused to a fair trial. In re: Oliver, 333 U.S. 257, 68 S. Ct. 499, 92 L. Ed. 682 (1948).
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Former judge Brooks Blitch is now a convicted felon.
Brooks Blitch presided for nearly 28 years as one of rural Clinch County Georgia’s most powerful politicians.
Then the senior judge was accused of repeatedly violating the law and judicial code of conduct as well as various ethical violations that dated back five years…
One aspect of our proposed plan for dealing with government and judicial corruption is to ask all elected and appointed government officials and all political candidates to sign an Honesty Contract with the Citizens of the United States of America.
On March 10, 2011, I sent letters to every federal appellate court judge, except the ones at the Eleventh Circuit because I already know they are corrupt.
Please take a look at the letter and the Contract, and see what you can do….
Former judge Mary Waterstone is standing trial for telling a witness to lie under oath in her court.
Mary Waterstone has admitted that she told the witness to lie.
Mary Waterstone was a judge in Michigan for 20 years.
Continue reading Judge Mary Watersone admits telling a Witness to Lie in her Court
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Retired District Court Judge John Steensland Jr. is set to stand trial after being accused of 60 separate violations of the Alabama Canon of Judicial Ethics by the Judicial Inquiry Commission.
The Judiciary Inquiry Commission has accused Steensland of cursing in court, ridiculing people who appeared before him, and placing a woman in jail even though she had no arrest warrant.
Steensland had sought a delay on grounds that the Judicial Inquiry Commission is reviewing additional complaints against him that could trigger more charges.
The commission opposed a delay because more than 20 witnesses have been subpoenaed for next week’s trial.
Continue reading Judge John Steensland charged with 60 Ethics Violations in Alabama
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Brooks Blitch III, a former judge who was one of Clinch County’s most powerful political figures, plead guilty in federal court in Macon, Georgia to a fraud charge, according to court documents.
Blitch stepped down as chief judge of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit in South Georgia in June 2008, a month before he was indicted on sweeping federal corruption and conspiracy charges.
He was accused of fixing cases and authorizing illegal payments to county officials.
At that time, the state Judicial Qualifications Commission had charged Blitch with 12 instances of misconduct.