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Ala. judge's goof could mean prison for ex-soldier

AP — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:52:39 +0000

Patrick Lett returned to south Alabama when he finished an unblemished 17-year Army career, including two tours in Iraq. Then his father died, he couldn’t find work to support his two daughters and his life took a wrong...

Federal judge indicted on sex abuse charges

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:51:47 +0000

A federal judge accused of sexual harassment by his fomer case manager has been indicted on charges of abusive sexual contact and attempted aggravated sexual abuse.

Raccoon's courthouse crime spree ends with capture

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:41:15 +0000

The evidence in his office gave the judge pause: a half-eaten apple and some very distinctive footprints.

Judge libeled by Boston Herald agrees to step down

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:47:33 +0000

A judge who won a $2 million libel award from the Boston Herald, then sent threatening letters to its publisher, will step down from the bench, a court said Wednesday.

Judge: Prosecutors drove costs of Ga. capital case

AP — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:56:40 +0000

The retired judge who stepped down from the Atlanta courthouse killings case said Saturday that prosecutors share the blame for the high cost and delays in the death penalty proceeding only now going to...

Judge May Have Used Poor Judgement

Hassan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:45:17 +0000

A judge from Detroit was arrested while allegedly driving drunk in Mid-Michigan.

SC judge banned from bench after racial comment

AP — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:29:56 +0000

A South Carolina judge who admitted calling crack cocaine addiction “black man’s disease” has been banned from the bench, the state’s Supreme Court said in an order...

Judge to Moussaoui jury: You got it right

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:25:57 +0000

The judge in the trial of convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui says she told jurors that they made the right decision in sparing his life.U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema also said in an April speech at Colby College that she was...

Judge won't hear fen-phen settlement fraud retrial

AP — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:56:49 +0000

A federal judge who declared a mistrial in the case of two lawyers accused of conspiring to defraud clients in a diet-drug settlement won’t handle the retrial.U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman issued an order Monday saying he would no...

Judge halts Ameritrade settlement that would mean a boon for lawyers, a pittance for victims NetworkWorld.com Community

John — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:41:32 +0000

What made the Ameritrade data breach particularly memorable was not that 6.3 million customers had their personal info compromised.