Sober as a Judge

Cynthia Gray is the director of the Center for Judicial Ethics at the National Center for State Courts. Follow her blog at NCSCJudicialEthicsBlog.org. Find the National Task Force’s Fines, Fees, and Bail Resource Center at www.ncsc.org.

Written by Cynthia Gray

Sober as a Judge

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