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Search results for "judicial misconduct" ...
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A Cozy Connection
WOAI-TV exposes a romantic relationship between David Garcia, a San Antonio city councilman, and a female judge. The story reveals that the councilman made more money than any other court-appointed attorney in Bexar County because the judge appointed him to an immense number of cases as a defense attorney. According to the contest questionnaire, "the investigation proved the judge and the councilman ... share a bank account, shared an address at one time, and possibly committed fraud together."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; City government; courts; public funds; justice; fraud; judicial misconduct; city councilman; judge; corruption
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Death Penalty on Trial
With the largest population of people in death row in history, the A&E Network's Investigative Reports puts the death penalty and the U.S. judicial system under scrutiny in this two-hour report. In examining four separate death penalty cases Investigative Reports found instances of "incompetent defense attorneys, judicial misconduct, police brutality and prosecutorial misconduct." Aside from the problems inside the criminal justice system, Investigative Reports also looks at the financial cost of the death penalty on a state and federal level.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; death penalty; criminal justice system
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Policing Police: Civilian Disciplinary Board Lacks Teeth
Anderson reports that few allegations of police misconduct make it to a hearing before the Chicago Police Board. "Of more than 8,000 complaints of misconduct in 1998, the board held just 49 hearings ... Both police and their detractors complain the quasi-judicial body fails to deliver justice."
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Stories on U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald
"For years, U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald and his courtroom deputy in Yakima exchanged disparaging notes about people appearing in court -- a possible violation of conduct rules for federal judges." Copies of the notes were obtained by the Spokesman Review, and launched a nine-month judicial misconduct investigation and a reprimand by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Tags: judicial misconduct; district court; ethics; Washington State Bar Association; legal journalism; racial bias; ethnic slurs; religious bias