The tax-payer funded attorney representing Louisville Metro Councilwoman Judy Green, D-1, told a Jefferson Circuit Court judge Monday that a panel misread an ordinance when it ruled the embattled lawmaker violated the city’s code of ethics. Earlier this year, the Metro Ethics Commission found that Green intentionally violated the ethics ordinance in two separate complaints. […]
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Green’s Appeal to Ethics Verdicts Begins
A Jefferson Circuit Court judge will hear oral arguments Monday in the appeal of two rulings made by the city’s ethics panel against Councilwoman Judy Green, D-1. Earlier this year, the Metro Ethics Commission found Green deliberately broke the city’s code of ethics in two separate incidents. The first charged alleged Green used a city-funded […]
Surprise Plea In Cecil New Case
New entered the guilty plea in Jefferson Circuit Court. Prosecutors say there was no plea deal made and they’ll still seek the death penalty at sentencing.
Judicial Panel Conducting Survey
The Jefferson County Commission on Racial Fairness is conducting a new survey, this one about the everyday workings of the county judicial system. The commission was created in 2001 to investigate claims of racial bias in Jefferson Circuit Court. Panel chair and Court of Appeals Judge Denise Clayton says since then, the commission has conducted […]