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Judge gets Insight on Jail Reform

Loaded on Nov. 15, 1995 published in Prison Legal News November, 1995, page 6
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Mental Health. Location: New York.
Sol Wachtler was the former chief judge of New York state's highest court until he was convicted in 1993 of terrorizing, stalking and harassing his ex-lover, socialite Joy Silverman, after she broke off their affair. At one point Wachtler threatened to kidnap Silverman's daughter. Wachtler was arrested after an extensive ...

 

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