Ideas for State Legislation to deal with Judicial and Government Dishonesty and Corruption

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America, we have a lot of problems.

Our best hope of fixing some of our problems now is at the state level.  So, we are drafting proposed state legislation to deal with dishonesty and corruption with judges and other government officials.

Please review the points that have been submitted thus far, and add your comments to the article below….

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Judge Brooks Blitch – Convicted Felon

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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…

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Judge Mary Watersone admits telling a Witness to Lie in her Court

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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.

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Judge John Steensland charged with 60 Ethics Violations in Alabama

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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.

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Judge Brooks Blitch, III indicted on Sweeping Federal Corruption and Conspiracy Charges

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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.

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Rampant Judicial Corruption in Pennsylvania

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There is quite a soap opera in Pennsylvania featuring corrupt judges and attorneys!

Money, money, money!

Prosecutors allege attorney Robert Powell paid Judge Michael T. Conahan and former Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. more than $700,000 for their role in sending juveniles to Powell’s for-profit detention centers.

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Bad Judge: Judge Patricia Gardner with the the 17th Circuit Court, Family Court in Kent County, Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Judge Patricia Gardner with the the 17th Circuit Court, Family Court in Kent County, Grand Rapids, Michigan is a bad judge.

How Does A Bad Judge Stay In Office?

Read this article by Deanna Kloostra, February 1,  2011….  

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Federal Judge Impeached…It’s a Start

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It’s a start.

The U.S. Senate found Federal Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana guilty on four articles of impeachment on Wednesday, which will remove him from the federal bench.

He had been accused of accepting kick-backs and lying to the Senate and FBI.

The vote makes Porteous, 63, only the eighth federal judge in the nation’s history to be impeached and convicted.

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Atlanta Federal Judge Jack Camp Pleads Guilty and Resigns

jack-camp-judge-jack-camp-jack-t-camp-jr1Another of Atlanta’s “finest” federal judges, Jack Camp, pleaded guilty on November 19, 201 to two-drug related charges, including a felony count of giving his stripper girlfriend cocaine even though he knew she was a convicted felon.

U.S. Senior Judge Jack T. Camp pleaded guilty to the felony charge of aiding and abetting a felon’s possession of cocaine when he bought drugs for the stripper, who was secretly cooperating with authorities. He also pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors: possession of illegal drugs and illegally giving the stripper his government-issued laptop.

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Atlanta Federal Judge Jack Camp Arrested

jack-camp-judge-jack-camp-jack-t-camp-jr1Another of Atlanta’s “finest” federal judges, Jack Camp, has been arrested. 

He was caught allegedly buying drugs for his stripper girlfriend.

All of ther federal judges recused themselves in Judge Camp’s case. 

So, the Chief Justice of The United States Supreme Court has named a judge from another circuit to handle the case.

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