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Letter to the Editor

Jun. 3, 2014

Setting the facts straight on state judge removal

Re: "State judicial elections: educate, but don't eliminate," May 28. By Erica Yew

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

Without wading into the merits of the debate over methods of judicial selection, I wish to correct some information about statistics involving judges removed from office in an opinion piece "State judicial elections: educate, but don't eliminate" (May 28) by Judge Randolph M. Hammock. In his discussion of the relative qualifications of elected and appointed judges, the author refers to the 10 judges removed from office by the C...

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