Also - Nato allies sending 7000 more troops.

I think my adventure days are over. Medical metal in the neck, lower spine, ankle, with possibly more to come.

Heck, I need a parrot and a puffy shirt and an eyepatch. I'm already moving on a crutch like Long John Silver (although for me it would need to be fat john silver)

Back to teaching when I can get around a little better. I am thankful I took a 12 month leave of absence, and my school wants me to do some admin stuff starting in January, maybe teach a class or two if I can, long before I was supposed to be back.

Those are total rubber stamp votes so my theory is that if there is a judge that should be removed, and there is already an effort underway to remove that judge, then here's a vote towards your efforts.

More on the Italian Justice System:

The most important innovation of this new legislation concerns the admission of evidence
that, as a rule, can be obtained only during the
course of an oral and public trial, in front of
the judge (acting as a third party) on the basis
of witnesses' cross- examination and other kinds
of proof legally presented in the Court.  The
trial is conducted by the prosecution and defense
on a parity basis.
     The former inquisitorial procedure had
allowed the admission of evidence obtained both in
the course of the trial and in the preliminary
investigation (istruttoria) stage.  The
preliminary investigation was typically
characterized by secrecy concerning documentation
of the pre-trial investigation.  An investigating
judge (giudice istruttore) was in charge of
collecting criminal evidence as well as conducting
direct examinations of the witnesses.  During the
trial, the examination of witnesses was conducted
by the Chief Judge.
     Although the new Italian Code of Penal
Procedure is similar to the adversarial English
and American systems, its system of written laws
still retains important differences when compared
with the Anglo-American system, such as the
obligatoriness of penal action. (obbligatoriet...
dell'azione penale).
     The obligatoriness of penal action is
sanctioned by the Constitution (Art.112).
According to this provision, the Public Prosecutor
(Pubblico Ministero), when becoming acquainted
with the  commission of a crime (notizia
criminis), is legally bound to start the
investigation and, if there is enough
circumstantial evidence, to take penal action
against the alleged culprit of that particular
crime.  The Italian Prosecutor is therefore
without discretionary power to withhold
prosecution.  Prosecution is not simply a right,
but a duty of the Italian Public Prosecutor. (Code
of Penal Procedure, Art.358,405).
     However, certain crimes can only be
prosecuted under specific conditions; penal action
cannot be taken unless a specific requirement is
met.  Crimes prosecutable by initiative of the
offended person (reati perseguibili a querela
dell'offeso), can range from forcible rape to
personal minor injury and can be prosecuted only
if the offended person requests the Public
Prosecutor to proceed against someone for the
alleged commission of a crime.  Excluding rape and
similar sex offenses, this request can be
withdrawn, which essentially eliminates the crime.
(Penal Code, Art.120,152; Code of Penal Procedure,
Art.340)

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Alternatives to trial.  The accused does not have the right to plead guilty to a lesser offense(plea bargain).  (The inadmissibility of a plea bargain in the system is based on the principle of the obbligatorieta  dell'azione penale, which allows no discretion in prosecution.

Once acquainted with the commission of a crime, the judicial authority is legally bound to take action against that particular crime and cannot choose to seek prosecution to a lesser charge in exchange for a plea of guilt. In other words, discretionary or selective enforcement does not exist in the system. The prosecutor has no discretionary power to engage in plea bargaining.

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*Bail procedure.  Bail is not allowed in the penal system.

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