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Separation Anxiety

By Shawn Matlock

Should the government be able to use internal judiciary investigations as the basis of a criminal obstruction of justice prosecution?  That is just the issue raised in the federal prosecution of United States District Judge Samuel Kent of the Southern District of Texas currently pending. On January 6, the federal prosecutors obtained a superseding indictment against Judge Kent adding three additional counts; one count of aggravated sexual abuse, one count of abusive sexual contact, and one count of obstruction of justice.  These are in addition to the original three counts which included two counts of abusive sexual contact and one count of attempted aggravated sexual abuse.   The sexual abuse counts are standard federal counts pursuant to 18 U...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).