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Judge Kent Reports To Prison

By Corey Rayburnyung

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Judge Samuel Kent entered a federal prison medical facility in Massachusetts beginning a 33-month sentence stemming from years of predatory sexual assaults on two federal courthouse employees. From the Houston Chronicle:Kent, the first federal judge to enter prison since 1991, has refused to immediately resign his post triggering rare House impeachment proceedings to remove him and cut off his $174,000 annual salary.The House Judiciary Committee unanimously urged House action last week after graphic testimony about his sexual assaults from two victims, case manager Cathy McBroom, 50, and legal secretary Donna Wilkerson, 45.Kent?s lawyer, Houston attorney Dick DeGuerin, told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that Congress was trying ?to strip a United States district judge with eighteen years of honorable service of his hard-earned retirement and medical benefits because he's pled guilty to lying about his relationship with his long-time personal secretary...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).

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