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"Silberman Transcripts Remain Sealed, at Least for Now"

I haven't followed the prosecution of Judge Harvey Silberman, and thus have no opinion about the merits of the case.  Still, one's nose should itch when one judge refuses to make public, the accusations against another judge: The newly assigned judge hearing election-bribery charges against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Harvey Silberman and two others declined to rule Friday on whether the grand jury transcripts in the case should remain sealed, but took the issue under submission....Silberman, who took office in January but is on paid leave while under indictment, and consultants Evelyn Jerome Alexander and Alan Randall ?Randy? Steinberg are each charged with solicitation to induce a person not to become a candidate for public office and solicitation to offer, accept, or join in the offer or acceptance of a bribe...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 15, 2009 (boomark / email).