I tried to Google it and found some interesting items. Strangely, the first five or six hits I clicked on were about the corrupt Pennsylvania judiciary—think Sandusky.
Also read about the ordeal of attorney Richard Fine out in California who was held in Los Angeles County Jail for about 18 months with NO CHARGES FILED AGAINST HIM. He was also disbarred while incarcerated with the California Bar citing 16 acts of moral turpitude which apparently they later recanted but left enough charges to disbar him. Moral turpitude is usually defined as a form of depravity, but they changed the definition for Mr. Fine to mean they didn’t like his legal actions against the judiciary.
If you run across the book I’d really like to know the title, but no pressure.
Here ya go..........
www.tulanelink.com/tulaThe Finest Judges Money Can Buy
AND OTHER FORMS OF JUDICIAL POLLUTION
Published in 1973, this book by Charles R. Ashman documents 74 cases of judges who took bribes, kickbacks and payoffs, and who appointed relatives and political cronies to lucrative positions as receivers and executors who in turn bled the resources of near-bankrupt corporations and estates for personal gain. Reprinted below are the prologue and introductory statements to the first eight chapters of the book, which should be consulted for details of individual cases.
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