Posted on 06/07/2007 7:31:24 PM PDT by rightwinggoth
Judge Charles Elloie, the embattled jurist at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court who was temporarily suspended from the bench eight months ago over his practice of reducing bail bonds for felons accused of violent crimes, is retiring July 1 for health reasons.
In two sentences written to the Louisiana Secretary of State in a letter dated Tuesday, Elloie ended both his decade-long, checkered judicial career and the state investigation into his pattern of freeing suspects from the confines of the Orleans Parish Prison -- even one man accused of raping his own 10-year-old sister. Elloie received approval from the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System to accept disability retirement, and notified both the Louisiana Supreme Court and the criminal district court of his decision Thursday. Judges in Louisiana must retire at age 70 by law. Elloie, who just turned 69, put in 10 years behind the gavel and was eligible to retire under state rules. But Elloie qualified for retirement because of his poor health, his attorney said. Elloie, who has continued to collect his paycheck while under suspension, will receive part of his annual $110,000 salary as of July 1. But in tandem, by electing retirement, Elloie ends the probe that was created in an effort by investigators to remove him from the bench. The Judiciary Commission, the disciplinary arm of the Supreme Court, only has jurisdiction over judges while they are in office. In October, the state Supreme Court ruled in a 5-1 vote to suspend Elloie from his place at the courthouse located at Tulane Avenue and South Broad Street. The suspension came after the state Judiciary Commission described Elloie's bail-reducing penchant asto a "substantial threat of harm to the administration of justice and the public as a whole."
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.nola.com ...
"There are a lot of liberal judges out there," said Goyeneche. "Judge Elloie had become an embarrassment to the judiciary and has done more to undermine the public's confidence in the criminal justice system over the past 10 years than any other single individual. His continued presence as a judge really put people's lives at risk. People that he released had murdered people. No other judge in the building, probably in the United States, would have released those people. I can live with a liberal judge. Judge Elloie was a dangerous judge."
Sooooo, is he black??????
Bush’s fault...from comments below the article
my1opinion says...
It doesn’t matter if he was forced or if he stepped down on his own accord - at least he is gone. However, live42day, it was kind of crass for you to say that about New Orleans. I’d love to see people like you handle situations that the officals of N.O. have had to deal with. I agree that N.O. has issues but the elected officials can only do so much. Like with any other job, everyone has to answer to someone. And, unfortunately, the buck stops at Bush. Maybe if we get a president with some common sense, we’ll be in a better position to fight crime and such here in our great city.
Iosted on 06/07/07 at 4:47PM
Do you really have to ask. YES
He’ll be collecting a big ol’ fat gubbermint pensions. Ain’t none of your business if he spends it on crack
Check his Freezer, someone..
He probably hung in there long enough to fully vest a public pension plan. (Or until he could steal enough to retire on).
I’m not sure.
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