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November 18, 2008 Less than honorable behaviorPosted: 01:36 PM ET
NEW YORK – The verdict is in. Las Vegas Judge Elizabeth Halverson has been permanently removed from the bench and told by The State Commission on Judicial Conduct that she can never take the bench again.
Elizabeth Halverson has been permanently removed from the bench The decision had been delayed when Halverson was hospitalized with severe head injuries. Her husband apparently hit her over the head with a frying pan. I kid you not. Ed Halverson copped a plea last month. He faces 3 to 10 years in prison for the attack. Domestic violence is a serious issue. I even feel sorry for Elizabeth Halverson. She suffers from adjustment disorder, anxiety and depression. She's obese and uses bottled oxygen to help her breathe and a motorized scooter to get around. She is a cancer survivor with congestive heart failure, sleep apnea, crohn’s disease and diabetes. But she was also a judge. One who behaved less than honorably. She slept during hearings, made improper contact with jurors, and mistreated her staff. She was unrepentant, unprofessional, and downright disrespectful of her colleagues. She even made misleading statements to reporters covering her case. I guess Judge Halverson didn't know what most other judges do: That a judge is not a "person" when she is wearing that black robe. The rest of us can protest the law or even break it, if we want to face the consequences. But judges cant. Their job is to execute the law. Judges are the cement to our system of justice. So, a judge who cannot behave as a judge should simply stop being one. That's why Judge Halverson had to go. -Jami Floyd, In Session anchor Filed under: Uncategorized |
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