Although the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice in its final report chose subtle language to take to task nearly every aspect of how the Judicial Conduct Board operates, its prescription is far-reaching, suggesting that a constitutional amendment might be necessary to remedy the board’s problems.
The report cites “internal deficiencies that contributed to the board’s failure to address the judicial discipline issues that cried out for attention” in the Luzerne County judicial scandal. Although the commission gave the JCB credit for adopting new internal operating procedures in the wake of the disclosure that the JCB received a detailed complaint against disgraced former Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Conahan in 2006 and did nothing with it, it went on to call the IOPs “deficient” and said they would not correct the board’s problems.
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