Share of the Virignia Pilot Sunday September 22, 1996 Story on Virginia Judicial Corruption THAT Has not Changed: Judges Judging Judges
THE VIRGINIAN PILOT Copyright(c)1996,LandmarkCommunications,Inc. DATE:Sunday,September22,1996 TAG:9609230248 SECTION:LOCAL PAGE:B1 EDITION:FINAL SOURCE:BYMARKDAVIS LENGTH: 217lines STATE'S BEST KEPT SECRET IS AGENCY THAT JUDGES THE JUDGES the JIRC The complaint was filed in secret. The public was not told that a Norfolk judge may have acted improperly. A government agency investigated the judge in secret. There was no public record. A misconduct hearing was called in secret. The location was kept quiet. The agency would not confirm the judge's name or even that it was meeting. Witnesses against the judge were called in secret. Subpoenas were not filed in open court, as they are in criminal cases. The witnesses' testimony may never be known. They were urged not to talk after the hearing. A newspaper reporter who showed up was asked the leave the building, a Holiday Inn. The reporter stayed out in the hallway. And in the end, Judge Luther ...