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Arkansas Judge Resigns after Sexual Favors Allegations
Loaded on March 9, 2017
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2017, page 45
On December 31, 2016, the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (JDDC) issued a removal letter to Carroll County District Court Judge Timothy Parker after statements from more than a dozen women indicated he had “engaged in a pattern of personal relationships with many female litigants” who appeared in his ...
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