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House Impeaches Judge Kent

By Corey Rayburnyung

Former federal judge Samuel Kent was impeached in the House by a 389-0 vote. The Senate is expected to convene a trial in the next few weeks. You can view our earlier coverage of Judge Kent here and here. Sentencing Law & Policy, How Appealing, and the ABA Journal have more. You may view the actual impeachment resolution here. From the ABA Journal:Not a single representative spoke on the imprisoned jurist's behalf, and the vote on the first of four articles of impeachment was 389-0, reports the Houston Chronicle. All four were swiftly approved in roll call votes that took only 30 minutes to complete.The charges accuse the Texas-based judge of abusing his power by sexually assaulting two female court workers and lying about his conduct to authorities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on June 20, 2009 (boomark / email).