Busy week? We get it, and we’re not judging. Here are some highlights from “Judged” to get you caught up. Two respected local judges were recently thrust into the glare of the media spotlight when the California Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished them for failing to decide their cases on time and, perhaps more […]
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Watson Hanging up His Robe
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge W. Bruce Watson is leaving the bench. Watson’s six-year term was slated to run through the end of next year, but he announced today that he will be retiring in January, after 23 robed years in the Humboldt County Courthouse. The governor will appoint a replacement to finish out Watson’s […]
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Court Changes Probation Report Policy
The Humboldt County Superior Court has completed a review of its policies and procedures governing the unsealing of a defendant’s prior probation reports when they are charged with a new crime. Court CEO Kerri Keenan said today that judges and court staff are all in agreement that, under the law, the court should make a […]
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Publisher: Court docs unsealed
Curiosity. It’s a critical trait for a reporter. In January Gary Lee Bullock was sitting in jail charged with the horrific crime of breaking into the rectory of St. Bernard’s Parish on New Year’s Day and murdering Father Eric Freed. Digging through court records, News Editor Thadeus Greenson learned that Bullock had been deemed “ineligible” […]