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Judge Kent impeached by House of Representatives

By Douglas A. Berman

Here is an example of unique form of collateral consequences of a conviction: "The House today impeached imprisoned U.S. District Court Judge Samuel B. Kent and sent his case to the Senate for trial."  This Houston Chronicle article provides more details: The Senate is expected to quickly convene a trial ? possibly within a matter of weeks ? to cut off the judge?s $174,000 annual federal salary. The House overwhelmingly adopted four articles of impeachment against the 59-year-old jurist on rapid-fire roll call votes over the course of 30 minutes.  The vote on the first article of impeachment was 389-0. Not a single member of the House spoke on Kent?s behalf. The charges accused Kent of abusing his power as a judge by sexually assaulting two female court employees as well as lying about his conduct to a judicial inquiry, the FBI and the Justice Department...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 19, 2009 (boomark / email).