Judge's 'Disturbing' Statements on Criminal Jurisprudence in Campaign Literature Raises Questions About Fitness to Serve on Bench

A judge ran a campaign for judicial office "on an apparently unequivocal campaign pledge to incarcerate offenders, exclude drug dealers from the community, ensure maximum sentencing of repeat offenders, and protect victims of domestic violence."

August 21, 2024 at 09:12 PM

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Judicial Ethics

David B. Saxe

A recent opinion (#23-158) issued by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics and published on July 21 by the New York Law Journal caught my attention.

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