“A unanimous Louisiana Supreme Court removed Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge C. Hunter King from the bench Tuesday, finding that his misconduct — forcing employees to work on his re-election campaign and then lying about it under oath — demanded a severe penalty. While the justices stopped short of saying King should face criminal prosecution, they said his admitted conduct likely constituted perjury and public salary extortion, both felonies.” (New Orleans Times-Picayune coverage: Gwen Filosa, “Judge is removed from bench” Oct. 22; “An appropriate ouster” (editorial), Oct. 23; James Gill, “Politicking doesn’t do justice to the bench”, Oct. 24). King, named one of “America’s worst judges” in the November Reader’s Digest, presided over a trial this summer in which attorney Johnnie Cochran extracted a $51 million award on behalf of an 11-year-old girl who fell out of the window of a city streetcar, after which jurors posed in celebratory fashion with both Cochran and Judge King. (“A streetcar named excessive”, Aug. 29, Sept. 15).
Update: La. judge removed from bench
“A unanimous Louisiana Supreme Court removed Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge C. Hunter King from the bench Tuesday, finding that his misconduct — forcing employees to work on his re-election campaign and then lying about it under oath — demanded a severe penalty. While the justices stopped short of saying King should face criminal […]
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