{"id":56384,"date":"2024-05-25T17:41:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T00:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56384"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:54:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T23:54:05","slug":"arizonas-abc-news-investigation-into-serious-judicial-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56384","title":{"rendered":"Arizona&#8217;s ABC News &#8220;(Dis)Honorable&#8221; Reports Investigation into Serious Judicial Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Court ruling re-ignites scandal involving former judge, county attorney\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3GJY5nTRb9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"info-container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-info-text\"><strong><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string bold\" dir=\"auto\">May 23, 2024<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\">Following years of judicial misconduct and other serious allegations exposed in an ABC15 investigation, Maricopa County\u2019s top judge has disqualified his entire bench from hearing a post-conviction relief challenge in a first-degree murder case, according to ABC 15.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\">In an order issued on May 7, Presiding Judge Joseph Welty ruled that the \u201cexceptionally rare\u201d and \u201cunprecedented\u201d circumstances surrounding former judge Erin Otis required him to re-assign the case to a judge from another county, news channel stated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ABC15&#039;s (dis)Honorable investigation, part 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xi1nbcGhiqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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