Las Vegas judge dies by suicide after ethics probe resignation
A Las Vegas judge and mother of three killed herself a year after leaving her position to avoid a complicated ethics probe that began over what she said was her … Read More
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Ex-Arkansas judge Thomas Carruth allegedly solicited sex
A former Arkansas district court judge was arrested by FBI agents Thursday, accused of soliciting sex from a defendant’s girlfriend in exchange for moving his criminal case along, the feds … Read More
Judge Ronnie Abrams recuses self from Sam Bankman-Fried case
The federal judge slated to oversee FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried’s case has recused herself because her husband’s law firm advised the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. Ronnie Abrams, a district judge … Read More
New Mexico Judge Diane Albert killed in suspected murder-suicide
A well-respected New Mexico judge was shot dead by her husband who then turned the gun on himself, but not before he left a disturbing message for a friend, according … Read More
Judge sides with California baker over same-sex wedding cake
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs. … Read More
Former Kentucky judge Tom Emberton dies in fire after saving wife
A former Kentucky appeals court judge and one-time gubernatorial candidate died in a house fire Thursday after heroically saving his wife, authorities said. Former judge Tom Emberton, 90, sprang into … Read More
NY town justice censured, said case went ‘way over my head’
Dazed and confused doesn’t cut it on the bench. An upstate town justice who once groused a case was “way over my head” has been censured for violating fundamental rules … Read More
Judge tells accused Waukesha parade killer to ‘stop playing games’
A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday told the man accused of killing six people at last year’s Waukesha Christmas parade to “stop playing games” as the suspect voiced his intent to … Read More
Blind Michigan judge Richard drives race car
Michigan state Supreme Court justice Richard Bernstein has proven that justice is truly blind. Now, he has demonstrated that someone who is blind can drive a race car as well. … Read More
Footage shows man fatally beat senior citizen in Seattle: cops
A Seattle man released from jail in July after allegedly threatening to kill a transit cop now faces murder charges over an unprovoked, caught-on-tape fatal assault on a senior citizen. … Read More
