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'Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission'

Three Pulaski County circuit judges are running for lower-court positions

Question: Who would ever ask voters to demote them to a lower office? Answer: Two judges who would lose their retirement benefits if they sought re-election instead and a younger judge who says he needs a new challenge.
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UPDATE: Judicial body dismisses complaint against Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood

Judicial discipline panel dismisses complaint against Supreme Court justice.
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Phantom rejection of filing in ethics case is latest Arkansas Supreme Court funny business

What's going on with the Arkanass Supreme Court's contest of the finding they'd violated ethics rules? Good question.

Supreme Court to fight ethics finding; five argue it's untouchable

The Arkansas Supreme Court issued a news release today indicating  five of the seven members are challenging a finding by the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission of an ethics violation by the court in removing Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen from cases related to the death penalty without affording him proper notice and due process. In short, the court says the commission has no jurisdiction over the court.
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Court dispute reveals malfunctioning Pulaski drug court

A long-simmering dispute over the drug court in Pulaski circuit court burst into the open this morning in an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette report on an effort by other judges to work around the problem in Judge Mary McGowan's court.

Judicial watchdog expected to get judgeship

Gov. Asa Hutchinson is expected to announce soon the appointment of Emily White to fill a vacancy as Malvern district judge to succeed Judge Sherry Burnett, who's resigned to go into private practice.
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Ex-judge Boeckmann gets five years in prison

Joseph Boeckmann, the 72-year-old former district court judge from Wynne, was sentenced to five years in federal prison Wednesday by federal Judge Kristine Baker.

Judge Bobby McCallister responds to JDDC allegations, denies allegations he failed to pay state, federal taxes

Saline County Circuit Judge Bobby McCallister has responded to a raft of allegations investigators with the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission lodged against him in July regarding his alleged failure to file state and federal income taxes. In the response, McCallister denies the JDDC's allegation that he failed to file or pay state and federal taxes for over 20 years, and requests a hearing.
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Outside counsel to handle dueling judicial ethics complaints, politics remain

The state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission announced in a rews release that staff attorneys, on the advice of an ethics expert would not handle investigations of complaints against Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen and the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Judge convicted in DWI returned to bench

The Arkansas Supreme Court today reinstated Circuit Judge William Pearson to the bench on a petition from the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission.
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Judge Griffen responds to judicial disciplinary complaint

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen has provided the formal response he's filed to notice that the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission is investigating his conduct on a referral from the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Judge Griffen defends granting temporary restraining order in execution drug case, protesting death penalty

On his blog, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen defends granting the drug supplier McKesson's request to issue a temporary restraining order against the Arkansas Department of Correction from using a drug supplied by McKesson in executions. Shortly after granting the temporary restraining order on Friday, Griffen joined an anti-death penalty protest outside the Governor's Mansion.
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