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Judge Kent Resigns, Congress Prepares For His Impeachment

By Corey Rayburnyung

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Disgraced federal judge Samuel Kent has informed President Obama that he will resign in June 2010. Judge Kent, who is set to report to prison on June 15, admitted forcing sex acts upon his former secretary and case manager and was sentenced to 33 months in prison. Sentencing Law & Policy notes that the House Judiciary Committee has placed a lot of interesting material online detailing the judge's misconduct. From the New York Times:A convicted federal judge told the president Tuesday he would resign from the bench in June 2010, nearly a year after he enters prison for lying about sexually abusing two assistants.U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent would draw a full salary of $174,000 a year and benefits until the resignation takes effect, said his lawyer, Dick DeGuerin...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).

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