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JQC JURY CLOSE TO DECIDING BARNES' FATE

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Judge in St. Lucie could face discipline for criticizing legal colleagues "Michael Schneider, a special counsel for the commission, said the panel "should recommend discipline in this case, and I suggest that it be removal from office."...Donnie Murrell, Barnes' attorney, countered by saying his client saw a criminal justice system that had "broken down ... decided something had to be done and committed himself to doing it." Murrell said poor people accused of crimes in the county "are sitting in jail doing a sentence for a crime they haven't been convicted of" because they can't afford to hire attorneys and because public defenders aren't representing them at first-appearance hearings."Judge in St. Lucie answers to accusations of ethics violations "Schneider said Barnes had a "crusade" to alleviate overcrowding at the St...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).