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Kansas Judge Faces Ethics Storm | Kansas City News
A Kansas judge is under fire after a formal ethics complaint accuses him of repeatedly rejecting plea deals, dismissing attorneys’ arguments, and displaying racial bias—including telling a pregnant public defender to “shut her mouth” and mocking Black female attorneys as “angry Black women.” The complaint, filed with the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct, follows a dramatic move by the local DA’s office, which announced it would no longer appear before him and demanded his cases be reassigned. Past misconduct, including letting students sit on the bench and using courtrooms for campaign…
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