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Judge Kent Pleads Guilty, Retires

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"Judge Kent accepts plea deal and retires from bench," is Mary Flood's report at the Houston Chronicle website.U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice today and retired from the bench, avoiding a trial on that charge and five others accusing him of sexually abusing two female employees. Kent was scheduled to see a jury selected this morning for his trial on all six felony counts. Few federal judges ever go to trial, but his would have been the first in which a federal judge was accused of sexual charges. ?Judge Kent believes that this settlement is in the best interest of all involved,? his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, said after this morning?s hearing. ?A trial would have been long, embarrassing and difficult for all involved,? DeGuerin added...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 23, 2009 (boomark / email).

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