Bias?
As much as the public would like to see members of the judiciary being impartial, West Virginians sometimes see the opposite.
Justice Larry Starcher recently spoke to a group of students and openly stated his dislike for a certain coal company.
Justice Starcher, while serving in a Supreme Court session, commented about an individual, “I never could stand the [expletive deleted]!”
Interestingly, in 1998, the American Trial Lawyers Association named Justice Larry Starcher to a National Judicial Independence Committee.
In an overt act of bias, former Circuit Judge Joseph Troisi reportedly bit the nose of a defendant while presiding over a case.
Read more:
:: Code of Judicial Conduct – Canon 3. A Judge shall perform the duties of judicial office impartially and diligently. [Story on Starcher Massey comment]
:: Starcher’s comments cost him Chief Justice post?
:: Justice Starcher “Swearing” and Yelling
:: Judge bites man on the nose
:: Trial Lawyers Name Justice Starcher to Independence Committee
