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Judges in shorts.

There are a lot of problems with the 1,250 town and village courts in New York, according to a new report, but some things are truly alarming:

Some of the more serious problems uncovered in the report include a duplication of town courts in some areas and a severe shortage in other areas; justices who hand down sentences with seeming disregard for the law; and inadequate courtroom facilities.

The report referred to one judge who threatened a litigant for not adhering to a court order, writing to him on court stationery, ?Remember, I know where you live.? The report also described one courtroom that was no more than a small, poorly ventilated room attached to the town garage. Judges told the commission that the room got so hot in the summer that they had to wear shorts while hearing cases.

Full post as published by Althouse on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).