By Zack Cohen ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Federal judges are considered among the elite in the judiciary world, appointed by the president for a lifetime, regarded as being beyond reproach. But in recent times there has been a crack in the almost king-like facade. One judge, G. Thomas Porteous of New Orleans, was just convicted in…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News As a federal judge in southern Texas for some 18 years, Samuel Kent sent folks off to prison. Now he’s behind bars himself, being subjected to what his attorney describes as a Kafkaesque nightmare of “cruel and abusive treatment.” Kent, 61, is serving a 33-month sentence for obstruction of…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News As a federal judge in southern Texas for some 18 years, Samuel Kent sent folks off to prison. Now he’s behind bars himself, being subjected to what his attorney describes as a Kafkaesque nightmare of “cruel and abusive treatment.” Kent, 61, is serving a 33-month sentence for obstruction of…
