Judge Resigns After Conviction
by TChris
A former district attorney who was elected to a judgeship won't be wearing the robe any longer, after entering "no contest" pleas to charges that he molested his 10-year-old daughter at a Hillary Duff concert in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Mark Pazuhanich was still serving as DA when the crime was committed. He was sworn in as a judge on the Monroe Court of Common Pleas about a month later.
[H]e served as judge only a few weeks in a diminished capacity until taking administrative leave in early February. He has continued to draw his $124,000-per-year salary.
Pazuhanich resigned his position on the bench Monday morning, when he entered his pleas. He was placed on probation for ten years.
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