Byline: JOEL STASHENKO Associated Press
ALBANY -- The state's chief judge said she will ask the Legislature to approve a bill this year opening the Commission on Judicial Conduct's hearings of evidence of wrongdoing against judges to the public and the media.
The commission has been pushing since its formation in 1974 to have hearings involving judges accused of misconduct done in public, said Gerald Stern, its executive director. The state Senate approved a bill making the change a few years ago, but the Assembly balked at opening the process.
The public should be allowed to observe the hearings judges suspected of serious misconduct face, …
No comments:
Post a Comment