Basic Fairness
Bias?
As much as the public would like
to see members of the judiciary being impartial, West Virginians
sometimes see the opposite.
Justice Larry Starcher recently
spoke to a group of students and openly stated his dislike
for a certain coal company.
Justice Starcher, while serving
in a Supreme Court session, commented about an individual,
“I never could stand the [expletive deleted]!”
Interestingly, in 1998, the American
Trial Lawyers Association named Justice Larry Starcher to
a National Judicial Independence Committee.
In an overt act of bias, former
Circuit Judge Joseph Troisi reportedly bit the nose of a defendant
while presiding over a case.
Read more:
:: Code
of Judicial Conduct - Canon 3. A Judge shall perform the
duties of judicial office impartially and diligently.
[Story on Starcher Massey comment]
:: Starcher’s comments cost him Chief Justice post?
::
Justice Starcher
"Swearing" and Yelling
::
Judge bites man on the
nose
:: Trial
Lawyers Name Justice Starcher to Independence Committee
:: Back
to Eye on WV Justice
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