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Judges: More on recent stories unfavorable to Louisville judges

By Michael Stevens

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Here is another recent news story in which there is some unfavorable press regarding local judges. This time it is a federal judge, Judge Charles Simpson, and involves post-trial claims from the U.S. v. Karen Sypher case and recusals. Again, not commenting on the merits of the issue, but the pot continues to get stirred.

WHAS11.com

Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:45 PM

   LOUISVILE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A federal judge ruled late Wednesday that Sypher will be sentenced next month. That sentencing has been delayed since October. Judge Charles Simpson also ruled that he will not disqualify himself from the case.

   In August, Karen Sypher was found guilty of trying to extort millions of dollars from University of Louisville basketball Coach Rick Pitino. Sypher was convicted of three counts of extortion, two counts of lying to the FBI and a count of retaliation against a witness. After that, she fired her trial attorney and asked that Judge Simpson be taken off the case, citing conflicts of interest. She then hired a new team of out-of-town lawyers who are working for free.

   The judge has set her new sentencing date for Tuesday, January 18, the day after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.