Who says judges and prosecutors don't conspire together or have ex parte communications? The Rove Republican Racket perfected that practice. Now, a local judge (pictured) in Broward County Florida is in hot water for describing her relationship with a prosecutor as less than close.
The Sun Sentinel reports:
Loureiro conviction was tossed out and a retrial ordered.[Judge Ana] Gardiner is accused of failing to disclose that she had a "close personal relationship" with then-prosecutor Howard Scheinberg while he was prosecuting a death penalty case that she was presiding over. She is also accused of displaying a "lack of candor" when the [Judicial Qualifications Commission] questioned her about their relationship in 2008. Gardiner said they had a social relationship. Phone records later obtained by the commission showed the two exchanged 949 phone calls and 471 text messages in a 155-day period during Omar Loureiro's first-degree murder trial.
