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Judge Jack Weinstein to Mafioso's son: You can't defend your dad

NEW YORK - A "brilliant" defense attorney representing his reputed gangster father in a high-profile mob prosecution must quit the case because of a professional conflict, not his alleged mob ties, a federal judge says.

U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein heaped praise on Joseph Corozzo Jr.

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Judge Reggie B. Walton trying to bankrupt an ex-reporter?

WASHINGTON — A judge is trying to bankrupt an ex-reporter with daily fines as much as $5,000 for refusing to disclose her sources for stories about the 2001 anthrax attacks, press advocates said this weekend.

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Judge Jeffrey Hoskins files bankruptcy in order to pay for expensive legal defense leading to his acquittal

HILLSBORO, Ohio — A judge found not guilty in criminal trials that included charges of money laundering has filed for bankruptcy.

The Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio was made March 26 on behalf of Highland County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Hoskins and his wife, Maureen E. Hoskins, according to the court.

Hoskins has said that he incurred numerous attorney fees during the criminal trials in December 2006 and in August 2007.

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Judge Cheryl B. Moss complaint spurs review journal editorial

EDITORIAL: Undermining the public trust

Make public actions taken to discipline judges