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BRIBERY JUDGE COPS PLEA, FACES 3 TO 9 YRS.
New York Post ^ | 8/06/02 | KATI CORNELL SMITH

Posted on 08/06/2002 4:32:34 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:08:01 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

August 6, 2002 -- A disgraced former Brooklyn judge admitted to shaking down a lawyer yesterday - and faces more time in the slammer than any crooked state Supreme Court jurist before him.

TV cameras rolled as Victor Barron, 60, pleaded guilty to demanding $115,000 from an attorney - and collecting an $18,000 cash payment during a shady courthouse meeting - in exchange for his OK on a multimillion-dollar civil settlement.


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1 posted on 08/06/2002 4:32:34 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
A crooked N.Y. judge?!!

I'm SHOCKED, I tell ya'!!! I'm SHOCKED!!!!!!!! sarcasm/func/off

2 posted on 08/06/2002 4:46:04 AM PDT by You Gotta Be Kidding Me
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To: kattracks
I count it a good day when the system eats one of its own.
3 posted on 08/06/2002 4:47:56 AM PDT by TightSqueeze
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To: kattracks

Supreme Court judge arrested for accepting Bribes...

That would explain the entire slew of unexplainable mis-judgments by the 9th Circuit Court, and
The Florida Supreme Court, and
California Civil and Criminal Courts...


4 posted on 08/06/2002 9:09:08 AM PDT by vannrox
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To: kattracks; one_particular_harbour
It's only about money. Can't we just move on?
5 posted on 08/06/2002 9:15:43 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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