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CF (TX) Judge Manuel Banales: Guilty of offering sex and cash for favors
CF (FED, CA) Judge John C. Coughenour: 9th Circuit removes judge from terrorist sentencing
CF (CA) Judge Brett C. Klein: Censured for abuse, ordering lawyer paid in $10 gift cards
(PA) Judicial Ethics: Judicial Conduct Board accused of failing to act on complaints about Luzerne's juvenile court judge
CF (FL) Judge John V. Doyle: Judge retires amid controversy over comments
(CA) Judge Colleen Sterne: Schwarzenegger appoints commissioner to vacant bench
(PA) Judicial Confirmation: Public defender Joseph M. Cosgrove to replace former Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.
CF (TN) Judge John A. Bell: Judge accused of misconduct wants to depose prosecutor
(MO) Judge Michael E. Carter: Judge charged with DWI
CF (OH) Judge Robert Messham, Jr.: Judge arrested on DUI charges
CF (AR) Judge Willard Proctor: Arkansas Supreme Court removes judge for misconduct
CF (NJ) Judge Robert J. Nish: New Jersey Supreme Court sets precedent for recusing judges who are adversaries of a party's attorney in another matter
CF(TX) Justice Delayed: Former chief justice of court of appeals was sitting on 44 of oldest cases, some almost 5 years old
CF (LA) Judicial Ethics: Jefferson Parish courts remove portraits of former judges removed for improprieties
CF (CA) Judge Andrea Bryan: Santa Clara DA instructs attorneys to boycott judge
(IL) Judicial Elections: Ousted union president running for judge in Chicago
CF (TX) Judge Sharon Keller: Judge will not be punished for refusing to accept an execution appeal after 5:00 p.m. on day of execution
CF (PA) Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.: Corruption charges cause 50 juvenile cases to be dismissed
CF (GA) Judge Kenneth E. Fowler: Commission to hear complaints of bias, misconduct
CF (TX) Judge John Ellisor: Man who allegedly threatened judge arrested
CF (CA) Judge John Einhorn: DA no longer challenging assignment of cases to judge
(PA) Judicial Ethics: Corruption in Pennsylvania's judiciary?
CF (DE) Judge William C. Bradley: Ex-judge admits to molestation
CF (CA) Judge Cinda Fox: Judge retires after knife attack in courtroom
CF (DC) Judge Janet Albert: Issue over ethics complaints in trial of alleged judge stalker
CF (TX) Judge Manuel Banales: Tapes used in trial of judge accused of seeking cash and sex for court favors
CF (CA) Judge William McLafferty: Judge dies at age 70
CF (FED, LA) Judge G. Thomas Porteous: Impeachment recommended for federal judge
CF (IL) Judge David Hall: Defense alleges that police erased evidence in judge's DUI case
(TX) Judge Arnoldo Cantu: Two court employees arrested on bribery charges
(DE) Judge William C. Bradley, Jr.: Resigns amid abuse allegations
(PA) Judge C. Joseph Rehkamp: Charged with assault
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