The state panel on judicial conduct made its recommendation Wednesday in the case of Alberto Rivas, the assignment judge in Middlesex County. The panel found Rivas “demonstrated a lack of self-control” during a January 2019 dispute involving the girlfriend of a married man, and his wife. The panel's report also noted that Rivas was privately reprimanded in 2013 and 2014 for his conduct in court. State Superior Court Judge John Russo Jr. faces possible removal from the bench after he asked a woman in 2016 why she didn't “close your legs” to prevent a sexual assault. The state suspended all court proceedings one day in October so all state court judges could take part in training on gender violence and bias.

Source: ABC News February 06, 2020 18:54 UTC