As I attempt this week to get back into the saddle, two items
– each relatively unusual and each involving Arkansas –
grabbed my attention. One involves a judge and the other a
lawyer.
Although Fridays are usually reserved for standard "follow
ups," the first item is in the nature of follow-up because
I wrote previously about when this Arkansas judge was hit with
disciplinary charges over his involvement in a protest against the
death penalty around about the same time he was ruling on issues
related to the death penalty in a case. The ABA Journal now has a story about the
charges against the judge being dismissed by the Arkansas Supreme
Court.
The reason for dismissal? The delay in the pursuit of the
charges against him. The article notes that the charges were first
filed against the judge back in April 2017. While both judges and
lawyers alike subjected to disciplinary cases often feel like the
process goes on longer than it should, and often times if you
