Express-News Editorial Board Published 12:00 am CST, Saturday, November 10, 2018 Campaign contribution to judges cast a pall over Lady Justice, giving the appearance of conflicts of interest. There are solutions. Campaign contribution to judges cast a pall over Lady Justice, giving the appearance of conflicts of interest. There are solutions. Photo: Billy Calzada /Staff File Photo Do attorneys who contribution to judges’ political campaigns have advantages in those courts than those who don’t? That’s the controversy posed by campaign contributions to the judges. Do attorneys who contribution to judges’ political campaigns have advantages in those courts than those who don’t? That’s the controversy posed by campaign contributions to the judges. Photo: Smiley N. Pool /Houston Chronicle window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: ‘thumbnails-c’, container: ‘taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3’, placement: ‘Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3’, target_type: ‘mix’ }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Billy Calzada /Staff File Photo Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 Campaign contribution to judges cast a pall over Lady Justice, giving the appearance of conflicts of interest. There are solutions. Campaign contribution to judges cast a pall over Lady Justice, giving the appearance of conflicts of interest. There are solutions. Photo: Billy Calzada /Staff File Photo Attorney contributions to judges taints the system 1 / 3 Back to Gallery Local attorney JoAnn De Hoyos has been a workhorse in Judge Wayne Christian’s criminal court. Between 2013 and 2017, De Hoyos earned more than $75,000 in court-appointed attorney fees for work in his court. De Hoyos, a former… [Read full story]
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