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433. Inexcusable and excusable

By Joel Jacobsen

From a suburb of Seattle with one of those early-settler's-wild-guess-at-Indian-word names comes this story: A King County District Court judge could be suspended for 90 days based on his conduct in an Issaquah courtroom. Judge [name withheld] was censured April 10 by the state Judicial Conduct Commission for disrespectful behavior. Commissioners recommended to the state Supreme Court a 90-day, unpaid suspension for him.The commission said Eiler belittled defendants and interrupted them while they were speaking. I changed the pronouns in that excerpt just to allow you the surreal experience of imagining a male judge facing suspension on account of arrogant, belittling behavior.  The judge in question is named Judith Eiler. In my book I tell the story of Judge Earl O'Connor of Kansas City, Kansas...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on March 07, 2010 (boomark / email).