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A Court Bailiff and His Ties
"The eccentric tie of a Dallas County bailiff is tucked away after ordered by judge," is the post on the Dallas Morning News' Crime Blog, this morning...

New Twist On Corruption: Bailiff Tampering
We've all heard of jury tampering, even bribery of judges. This though is a first for me - bailiff tampering, brought to us from Cincinnati via John Wesley Hall's Law of Criminal Defense Blog...

D?Oh! ?Bailiff?s Dozen? Gets Murder Defendant a New Trial
A Houston jury on Tuesday returned a guilty verdict after deliberating for 45 minutes in a murder case. But there was a problem: The judge soon noticed that there were 13 people sitting in the jury box instead of the regular 12.

Bailiff under investigation for fixing cases was loaned money by defense lawyers
A bailiff is accused of postponing cases with a view toward fixing them, alleged to having been paid by defendants. But, it also seems that defense lawyers loaned him money, and they are being questioned, too...

Ward: Bailiff-Juror Communication Requires New Penalty Phase Hearing
In Ward v. Hall, No. 07-11360 (Jan. 4, 2010), the Court granted habeas relief to a Georgia death-row inmate based on improper bailiff-jury communications during the penalty phase...

"Judge Elizabeth Halverson courts trouble in Las Vegas; Her ex-bailiff, for example, has testified that she treated him like a houseboy; She has been suspended; an April hearing could remove her permanently"
"Judge Elizabeth Halverson courts trouble in Las Vegas; Her ex-bailiff, for example, has testified that she treated him like a houseboy; She has been suspended; an April hearing could remove her permanently": This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.