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Stanley was also ordered to pay $8,250 restitution to police who worked overtime to protect the judges. [49] Threats against federal judges and prosecutors have more than doubled in recent years, with threats against federal prosecutors rising from 116 to 250 from 2003 to 2008, [50] and threats against federal judges climbing from 500 to 1,278 ...
More than 1,000 serious threats against federal judges have been investigated in the past five years, and about 50 people have been criminally charged. ... The chief justice called out court ...
A threat against the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York on Thursday is the latest in a string of incidents targeting prominent U.S. officials that have raised worries ...
Threats of violence against judges around the country have been on the rise across the country in recent years, something that Roberts called “wholly unacceptable.” Show comments Advertisement
From the creation of the federal courts by the Judiciary Act of 1789, judges had the power to summarily punish those who obstructed justice by holding them in contempt of court. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] A scandal in 1830 led to reform of the contempt law and the creation of obstruction of justice as a separate offense.
Colorado court administrators are investigating threats against a district court judge and its staff after a former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters was sentenced this week in an election case.
Delaying or disrupting lawful and legitimate activity, as the victim of the threats, must devote time to obtaining expensive legal counsel. [4] Risking public disclosure of the threat, thereby portraying the party making the threat in a bad light (see the Streisand effect). Threats of frivolous litigation against major news organisations are ...
The judge focused on a recording of a June 3 telephone message “which was directed at a judge and a district attorney" and called the language Gear allegedly used “of great concern to the ...