When is speech too free? Campaign tactics of judicial candidates come under disciplinary scrutiny

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Questionable campaign tactics by Judge Patricia Gray in her campaign for reelection to the California Superior Court bench for Sonoma County are discussed. Other states tend to view attempts to crack down on judicial campaign tactics as violations of the judges' free speech rights.

Officials and employees, Investigations, Judicial ethics, Gray, Patricia, California. Superior Court (Sonoma County)

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Second look at the lineup; New Jersey hopes to net fewer false identifications

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New Jersey's new criminal lineup procedures are discussed, and these were instituted to decrease the number of wrongful convictions which post-conviction DNA testing revealed.

New Jersey, Statistics, DNA testing, DNA identification, Identification and classification, Criminals, False imprisonment

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Disciplinary failure; lawyer suspended in Tennessee continued misdeeds in Illinois

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An effective disciplinary process sometimes depends on the honesty of the attorney facing discipline. A case in point is James Bernard Bell, who moved to Illinois after being suspended from practice in Tennessee. His past caught up with him after twelve years and he was disbarred in Illinois as well.

Analysis, Admission to the bar, Attorneys, Discipline, Lawyers

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