Troy, NY Judge Removed From Bench
A Judge in Troy, New York has been permanently removed from the bench after 11 years as a sitting judge. His offense:
[The Commission on Judicial Conduct ] charged Bauer with setting excessive bail and not affording defendants the right to counsel in order to coerce guilty pleas, among other judicial infractions. The Court of Appeals agreed that his conduct was too egregious for him to stay on the bench.
HaikuEsq has more and some context.
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