Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 12, 2019
Proposed ethics code change would allow judges to talk about their pending cases
The amendment would allow a judge who is the subject of a recall election based on a decision by the judge to make public comments about the procedural or factual basis of that decision while the case is pending.
Judges have long been barred by the Code of Ethics from speaking publicly about their pending cases. That may change in California after Dec. 2, when the state Supreme Court reviews public comments it is receiving on a proposed rule amendment.
Prompted in part by the 2018 recall of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky -- criticized widely for issuing ...
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