Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 1, 2016
CJP publicly admonishes judge who joked about jurors' finances
Ruling 'chills' human interaction during jury selection, judge's attorney says.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edmund W. Clarke Jr. was publicly admonished Thursday by the Commission on Judicial Performance, which found his actions and words to four potential jurors during voir dire to be "discourteous, undignified and inappropriate."
The incidents took place in 2014 prior to a gang murder trial with multiple defendants. During hardship hear...
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