Commission
on Judicial Conduct to Examine Defendant’s Right to Witnesses
Released
on: February 11, 2008, 12:29 pm
Press
Release Author: Gerard Sunnen
Industry:
Government
Press
Release Summary: Judicial conduct issues submitted to the New York
State Commission on Judicial Conduct
Press
Release Body: New York, February 13, 2008 - Judicial misconduct
charges were filed with the New York State Commission on
Judicial Conduct protesting the decision of three New York
State judges to deny a defendant all witnesses for his defense.
At issue are allegations that these judges ignored constitutional
directives and core principles of due process.
In
tandem, the judges, including the Chief Judge of the State of New
York, refused to grant a defendant physician his right to any and
all witnesses for the support of his defense. “There is
a name for hearings and trials that do this,” the doctor
said, “they’re called kangaroo courts,”
adding “and what is more, as a twist in this case - and
undoubtedly hard to believe - is that it was eventually uncovered
that one of the judges, for many years, lived at the same residence
as that of the plaintiff!”
Invoking
several constitutional points, the physician, speaking generically,
said that witnesses have the capacity to provide invaluable testimonies
for vindication, instantly dissolving fabrications and exposing
perjuries. Challenged on professional issues, however, he was summarily
denied that right.
“The
complaint with the Commission was filed to support all the New York
State doctors long subjected to similar calamities of due process,
and there are huge numbers of them,” the physician remarked,
“in fact, so many, that several bills to address the matter
have attempted to make their way through the New York State legislature.
Lamentably, they were all vetoed by the former governor of the State
of New York.”
“The
Commission filing is designed to bring awareness for the need for
due process rights for every citizen, including physicians. As poignantly,
it seeks to stand up for patients who, in many clinical situations,
find that the state’s perfunctory elimination of their physicians’
care is often clearly harmful to their health.” He added,
“A central question posed to the Commission is the following:
If a judge denies a defendant any and all witnesses for his defense,
to what extent does this make it judicial misconduct?”
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