After years of sometimes heated argument, the House sent to the governor Monday night compromise legislation that puts into place a new system for disciplining judges for misdeeds on the bench.
Final approval came on an 88-5 House vote without any debate. The Senate had approved SB2671 unanimously earlier.
Though the votes came with virtually no discussion, the debate over the past three years has included repeated charges that the present Court of the Judiciary ignored judicial misdeeds and operated in unwarranted secrecy. Former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner was offered by critics of the current system as a prime example of its shortcomings.
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Legislature Enacts New Discipline System for Tenn. Judges
It's about freakin' time!
ReplyDeleteJudge Randy Kennedy is the primest example!
ReplyDeleteMaybe there is hope for justice in this country! Keep going!
ReplyDeleteKennedy was my first thought too.
ReplyDeleteHow many cases of abuse and neglect does it take before a judge is looked at?
ReplyDeleteObviously, the vote showed the legislature knows there's a problem. Now will this new system be an improvement? We shall see!
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