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Judge Kent Pleads Guilty, Resigns

By Corey Rayburnyung

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In an astonishing turn, Judge Kent has pled guilty to obstruction of justice today and retired from the bench, thereby avoiding trial on the other issues. From the Houston Chronicle: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...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 23, 2009 (boomark / email).

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