(Kansas) Panel dismisses ethics complaint against judge in Tiller case

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Posted on Mon, Apr. 23, 2007

Panel dismisses ethics complaint against judge in Tiller case
By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. - A state panel has dismissed an ethics complaint filed by
abortion opponents against a Sedgwick County district judge who threw out
a criminal case against the state's best-known abortion provider.

A seven-member panel of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications concluded
the complaint "contained no facts evidencing judicial misconduct" by Judge
Paul W. Clark in his handling of 30 misdemeanor filed against Dr. George
Tiller, who is among the few U.S. doctors performing late-term abortions.

Abortion opponents, led by Sen. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler, noted that during
Clark' 2004 re-election campaign, the judge received maximum contributions
of $500 each from a law firm representing Tiller and Sedgwick County
District Attorney Nola Foulston and her husband. They said Clark should
have disclosed the contributions in court.

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The commission panel disclosed its decision in a letter last week to Troy
Newman, president of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, who was
involved in the complaint. Operation Rescue made the letter public Monday.

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Read more: http://www.kansas.com/197/story/52083.html

[TheLeftyMom]

1. Good for Judge Clark

About time at least one good Kansas stood up to the idiots in Operation Rescue.