Thursday, June 12, 2008

9th Circuit’s chief judge posted sexually explicit matter on his website

The 9th Circuit chief judge admits he posted some of the explicit content. He says he didn't think the public could see the site, which is now blocked.
By Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 12, 2008

A closely watched obscenity trial in Los Angeles federal court was suspended Wednesday after the judge acknowledged maintaining his own publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos.

Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, granted a 48-hour stay in the obscenity trial of a Hollywood adult filmmaker after the prosecutor requested time to explore "a potential conflict of interest concerning the court having a . . . sexually explicit website with similar material to what is on trial here." the rest

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