In a reversal, a Massachusetts judge indicted for allowing an undocumented immigrant to evade ICE by slipping out the backdoor of a courthouse will be able to keep her $181,328 annual salary and get back pay during her ongoing suspension
BOSTON – In a reversal, a Massachusetts judge indicted for allowing an undocumented immigrant to evade ICE by slipping out the backdoor of a courthouse will be able to keep her $181,328 annual salary and get back pay during her ongoing suspension.
The court did not reach a full consensus, however. One justice, Frank Gaziano, in a stinging dissenting opinion, said the decision to reverse court"smacks of preferential treatment, and thereby erodes public confidence in the judiciary."without pay would have serious financial consequences for the judge, but that we had no other option if we were to maintain public confidence in the judiciary. Nothing has changed.
Story continuesThe five Supreme Court justices in the majority, including Chief Justice Ralph Gants, wrote their reasons in two separate concurrences. They noted that in previous instances when Massachusetts judges had been suspended without pay it came after investigations from the Commission on Judicial Conduct. But such an investigation has not concluded with Joseph's matter.
"In turbulent times, the risk of being stripped of a paycheck may have a chilling effect on a judge's willingness to challenge the conduct of a prosecutor and thereby diminish the overall independence of the judiciary ..."the order reads. Judge charged: Feds charge Mass. judge with obstruction for aiding undocumented immigrant's escape from ICE
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