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Who Judges the Judges?

By Lawrence Taylor

So you got arrested for drunk driving — after crashing into a parked police car, injuring the cop, making racist remarks to him, and then blowing .16% on the breathalyzer.    So you’re looking at, what…60 days in jail?  120 days?  Maybe felony drunk driving? Not if you’re a judge….. Cofield Accepted Into Alcohol Rehabilitation Program Hartford, CT.  Dec. 8, 2008 - In a proceeding that took less than 15 minutes, a judge who police say was drunk when she drove into a parked state police cruiser — and who allegedly made racist remarks after the collision — was accepted into an alcohol education program today in Superior Court in Manchester. Judge E. Curtissa Cofield, 60, sideswiped the patrol car in a Route 2 construction zone in Glastonbury Oct...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).