Monday, November 25, 2013

Pennsylvania - Judge suspends Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin's sentence until higher court rules on her appeal

While this does not directly relate to Guardians ad litem this is related to Court Officers and speaks to the corruption that winds its way into the Family Court/ Court system. Who pays - the consumers.

TribLIVE News

 An Allegheny County judge on Friday suspended former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin's sentence on her corruption conviction despite pleas from her attorney to let her continue serving a three-year term on house arrest, a tactic one legal expert said could save her from a worse fate.

Common Pleas Judge Lester G. Nauhaus released Melvin, 57, of Marshall pending the outcome of a Superior Court appeal that seeks to block Nauhaus from altering her sentence. The state court ruled this month that Melvin does not have to comply with part of the judge's sentence that requires her to write letters of apology to every judge in Pennsylvania on black-and-white photos of herself posing in handcuffs.

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