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Discipline

Apr. 20, 2007

Ethics Proposals Would Allow Character References by Judges

SAN FRANCISCO - California judges may be allowed to send letters on behalf of colleagues under investigation for judicial misconduct, thanks to one of seven proposed changes to the code of ethics that governs them.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - California judges may be allowed to send letters on behalf of colleagues under investigation for judicial misconduct, thanks to one of seven proposed changes to the code of ethics that governs them.
      The proposals by the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Code of Judicial Ethics also involve communications with corrections o...

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