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Panel kicks long-serving judge off bench
The Orange County Register ^ | January 11, 2012 | Vik Jolly

Posted on 01/12/2012 11:16:32 AM PST by EveningStar

A state agency Wednesday ordered an Orange County judge removed from office for handling tickets for friends and family, only the second jurist in the county to face such discipline.

In handing down the discipline for Superior Court Judge Richard W. Stanford Jr., the state's Commission on Judicial Performance said "this pattern of misconduct between 2005 and 2010 created both the appearance and reality of a two-track system of justice – one for his family and friends and another for all others."

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bigocdeal; orangecounty

1 posted on 01/12/2012 11:16:37 AM PST by EveningStar
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2 posted on 01/12/2012 11:17:37 AM PST by EveningStar
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I’m sure judicial misconduct of this sort is rare..... /s


3 posted on 01/12/2012 11:19:56 AM PST by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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“I’m sure judicial misconduct of this sort is rare..... /s”

http://www.jail4judges.org/

And liberals wonder why we want conservatives appointing judges.


4 posted on 01/12/2012 11:34:37 AM PST by To-Whose-Benefit? (It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
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To: mgstarr

The real crime here was getting caught


5 posted on 01/12/2012 11:54:10 AM PST by 556x45
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To: EveningStar

One down, thousands to go.


6 posted on 01/12/2012 12:29:32 PM PST by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
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