A Widow And A Bad Judge

Recent news articles have reported accounts of judges who have misbehaved. One told of a judge who showed erratic actions on the bench. He scolded persons before him with abusive language and handed down peculiar sentences for those whom he found guilty. Another is suspended from his office and people have called for his impeachment. People charge that he engaged in sexual harassment of a court employee. A third changed the sentence, making it harsher, after he conferred with the police about the case. Some think he made the change so that the police would support his wife, who was running for an office as a prosecuting attorney. An appeals court said the original sentence had to stand.

Corrupt judicial and law enforcement personnel are especially grievous because…