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Gavel of Shame
A running series on judicial misconduct — the reprimands, suspensions, and abuses of power that erode trust in the bench.
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Gavel of Shame
Judge Kasper Removed After Paralegal Posed as Lawyer
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Judge Garza Reprimanded for Bogus Court Summons
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Judge Prasifka Admonished Over Crude Jail Joke
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Judge Lizarraga Admonished for Secret Murder Trial Talks
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Judge Crystal Duke Admonished Over Missed Training
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Why Maryland Removed Judge Marc Knapp
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Removed for Dismissing Cases on His Own
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The Fight in the Parking Lot
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The Door He Wouldn’t Let a Judge Lock
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A Visiting Judge, the Guardian ad Litem and a Public Admonition
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The 120-Page Recusal Order
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The Judge Who Used the Bench to Boost Local Business
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When a Courtroom Goes Dark: A Judge’s Decline, a Sealed Record, and the Rights of the Accused
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The Hearings That Were Never Held
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Jailed for Answering a Jury Summons: A Justice of the Peace, Four Arrests and a Public Reprimand
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The Probation a Judge Was Not Allowed to End
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From No Contest to Not Guilty
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The Judge Who Ruled on a Case He Couldn’t Hear
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The Judge Had a YouTube Channel: A Public Warning Over a Livestreamed Courtroom and Conduct From the Bench
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Two Admonitions in One Day: A Senior Judge, an Ex Parte Call and Slurs in the Courtroom
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How An Escrow Account and Side Business Took Down a Judge
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The Judge Who Steered Half a Million Dollars to Her Childhood Friend
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The Habeas Petition That Waited Years for an Answer
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The Post-it Note That Released a Mother from Jail
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A Reprimand Without a Name
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A 120-Page Complaint
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The Midnight Hearing That Never Happened
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The Judge Who Tried to Pick Her Own Successor
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The Hereford Judge Who Berated Children and Punished the Poor
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Who Polices the Bench? Inside the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct
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