Judges and Judiciary
Mar. 18, 2011
Judge Admonished for KKK Remark
The state Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Harvey Giss on Wednesday for making a joke on the bench that appeared to reference the Ku Klux Klan.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The state Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Harvey Giss on Wednesday for making a joke on the bench that appeared to reference the Ku Klux Klan.
According to the admonishment, prosecutors and defense attorneys were discussing a plea agreement off the record last July in Giss' San Fernando courtroom. Giss, a judge since 2001, said...
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