Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 18:58:48 GMT -6
A lawyer for former Family Court Judge Steven Jones described his client on Friday as "disgraced, disbarred, imprisoned, humiliated."
Attorney Scott MacDonald told the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline that he has visited Jones three times at a federal correctional facility in Taft, Calif.
"Emotionally and mentally, he's a shell of the man I've known for many years," the lawyer said. "I mean, he's just fully and completely defeated."
The commission held a 20-minute video conference Friday on the question of whether to ban Jones from the bench for life. The panel took the matter under advisement and has 20 days to issue a decision.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/judicial-discipline-panel-weighs-lifetime-ban-former-judge
Attorney Scott MacDonald told the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline that he has visited Jones three times at a federal correctional facility in Taft, Calif.
"Emotionally and mentally, he's a shell of the man I've known for many years," the lawyer said. "I mean, he's just fully and completely defeated."
The commission held a 20-minute video conference Friday on the question of whether to ban Jones from the bench for life. The panel took the matter under advisement and has 20 days to issue a decision.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/judicial-discipline-panel-weighs-lifetime-ban-former-judge