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A Judicial Landmine: Judicial Ethics Failures in Problem-Solving Courts
The removal of a Howard County judge in 2025 establish that judicial ethics are essential to the success of problem-solving courts. A former defense attorney who once practiced in the same drug and reentry courts he later oversaw, the judge became a one-man lesson in how quickly a court can lose its credibility when ethics fail. He turned programs designed for rehabilitation into arenas of humiliation, favoritism, and coercion. His misconduct represented a complete inversion of treatment court philosophy, where procedural fairness and accountability are based upon a foundation of judicial…
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