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Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench [View all]
Source: Reuters
In the past dozen years, state and local judges have repeatedly escaped public accountability for misdeeds that have victimized thousands. Nine of 10 kept their jobs, a Reuters investigation found – including an Alabama judge who unlawfully jailed hundreds of poor people, many of them Black, over traffic fines.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-judges-misconduct/
Goes hand in hand with the protests. The corrupt judges and judicial system should be right up there with law enforcement with defund/dismantle reform/remake.
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