Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 6, 2004
Litigant Should Not Have to Hire Hitman to Get Judge's Recusal
Forum Column - By Dana Cephas - Federal judges are required to recuse themselves whenever their impartiality might reasonably be questioned. But a current U.S. District Court case in which a defendant tried to hire a hit man to kill a federal judge suggests that federal judges cannot be trusted to make that determination.
By Dana Cephas
Federal judges are required to recuse themselves whenever their impartiality might reasonably be...
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