If a judge releases Grand Jury material can he be prosecuted?
f a judge releases Grand Jury material can he be prosecuted?
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IANAL.
I believe he can so order and then be overturned all the way to the Supreme Court.
It will not look good for him, professionally, but it will punch his PC ticket and insure some sort of nice payoff to him or a family member in future.
No. Judges have something called absolute immunity for official acts. Exceptions to this are rare, such as the judge who was taking innocent kids away and sending them to juvie for a kickback (Pennsylvania). "Kids for Cash."
The only reason they were punished was to save face. If the wrongs hadn't been widely known, there would not have been any corrective action. Anyway, this case is the ONLY exception I know of where a judge was accountable.
I would hope so!!