Judges and Judiciary,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Aug. 3, 2020
Bias committees are enigmas, attorneys say
In an effort to address discriminatory conduct by members of the judiciary, a handful of courts — including superior courts in Contra Costa, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara counties — have established local committees to receive and review complaints about bias, in accordance with a decade-old California Judicial Council recommendation.
A judge laughing with a male attorney over how "great" a rape victim's legs looked. A judge who refused to reduce a felony charge to a misdemeanor until he saw the defendant had blonde hair and blue eyes. A judge who scolded a female attorney of color and suggested she was being too aggressive with her argument, only hours after allowing male attorneys to repeatedly interrupt and raise their voices at him.
These are some of the incid...
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