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Fifth Circuit Attempts to Make Amends for Kent Cover-Up?

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The Fifth Circuit has removed all of the cases from U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana, who is under investigation for bribery: The circuit's Judicial Council ordered all his cases removed for two years, or until Congress acts on the impeachment request, removed Porteous' staff and issued a public reprimand, along with hundreds of pages of previously secret documents in the investigation. Judge Porteous's lawyer, Lewis Unglesby: accused the 5th Circuit of "over punishing" Porteous because it is "embarrassed" by the light punishment of U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent, in Houston. Kent was suspended four months after a former clerk complained he fondled her and made inappropriate sexual comments. Kent was indicted on Aug...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).

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