U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 16, 2016
No excuse for failure to recuse
The rule that none can serve as both accuser and adjudicator in the same case is more than a proverb -- it is a principle of elemental fairness in the judicial process.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
In 1984 18-year-old Terrance Williams murdered a 51-year-old man named Amos Norwood in Philadelphia. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Thirty-two years later, in May, his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court resulted in a major constitutional ruling on judicial ethics. Williams v. Pennsylvania, 2016 DJDAR 5552 (June 9, 2016). In the years following his sentencing, Williams pursued numerous appeals and habeas corpus petitions, the last one resulting in a decision in his f...
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