Litigation

NY Times Urges ?Better Job? in Protecting Judges

By Peter Hardin

On the same day recently, a gunman–angered by the outcome of litigation over his Social Security benefits–shot and killed a courthouse security officer and wounded a deputy marshal in Las Vegas; and a government report highlighted increasing threats against federal judges and prosecutors.

In an editorial, the New York Times spotlights both the conjunction of those events and the audit’s recognition of shortcomings in the existing systems  for protecting federal justice officials, and their coordination. It succinctly calls for much-needed improvements to tighten judicial security:

“Judges and prosecutors regularly deal with disappointed parties in civil lawsuits and hardened criminals. The government needs to do a better job of protecting them.”

By clicking here, you can learn more from Gavel Grab about the audit and the shortcomings it identified.

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 12, 2010 (boomark / email).