Stories about judicial behavior and misbehavior.
Associate Judge Gregory P. Vazquez, who filed papers to retire amid Injustice Watch’s investigation, appears on a police raid body camera with the owner of a Brookfield massage parlor known for unlawful sex work. Vazquez said he was merely giving a friend a ride.
Anastasia Strauther still doesn’t understand why Cook County Judge Gregory Vazquez ordered her to wear a sobriety monitor for a driving on a suspended license case.
Primary candidate Judge Ruth Gudino allegedly ‘engaged in unwanted touching’ and bullied co-workers as a prosecutor, according to a memo obtained by Injustice Watch. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said the allegations were ‘unsubstantiated.’
At an event hosted by Injustice Watch and the Chicago Reader, experts discussed challenges that survivors face in domestic violence court, especially amid the “chaos” of the Covid-19 pandemic, and changes needed following former top Judge Raúl Vega’s departure.
The code of conduct for judges may get a long-overdue update, but critics say the revision should have banned relationships between judges and their subordinates.
Vega, ex juez superior de la corte de violencia doméstica del condado de Cook, se jubilará con una pensión vitalicia, a pesar de las acusaciones de maltrato de las mujeres en su sala de tribunal.