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More Judges Under Investigation

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That's the title of an article in today's Houston Chronicle by Lise Olsen.  It's subtitled, "Experts call 5 ongoing probes of federal judges unprecedented."U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent is the first federal judge to be indicted for alleged federal sex crimes, but he's only the latest in a string of jurists to face misconduct allegations in 2008, for behavior such as frequenting a topless club or lying under oath. Nationwide, four other federal judges are being investigated for, among other things, taking cash from lawyers, using an escort service, posting nude photos on a personal Web site and abusing power in court. The flurry of federal disciplinary activity appears unprecedented under the modern review system, established by Congress in 1980, according to experts and official court statistics...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 13, 2008 (boomark / email).

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