Virginia Senators Continues to Reappoint Corrupt Judges

 Va. Senators Reappoints Corrupt Judge Despite Hard Evidence of Bribery and Political Gain

     Virginia's Judicial system is rotten with corruption, judges ignore their sworn oath to honor the Virginia Judicial Canons and violate the Rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct. Virginia Senators are responsible for the appointment of Judges in Virginia for a six year term.

     In December 2021, the Virginia General Assembly received hundreds of pages of evidence exposing a criminal syndicate, headed by Judge Lee A. Harris Jr., operating in the Henrico County Circuit Court for over 24 years.

       Live testimony in a video provided to the Judicial sub-committee by a witness, who Judge Harris had protected in a 600-kilo cocaine organization, gave additional evidence of Henrico County Court documents being tampered by Judge Harris, Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor and Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Michael Feinmel, The evidence showed that the three conspired to destroy hundreds of pages of exhibits of evidence to protect an international fugitive from being extradited to Henrico County and be prosecuted for thirteen indictments for distribution of cocaine.

      Judge Lee A. Harris Jr. obstructed justice in the 600-kilo cocaine case by issuing orders denying the transport of the 600-kilo cocaine fugitive from Greece to Henrico County as to stand trial for the thirteen indictments. Despite the Fugitive asking to be voluntarily extradited to Henrico County, Judge Harris refused to issue an order to provide transportation and escorted by U.S. Marshals.

       The Virginia Senate recognizing the evidence of corruption which included bribery, obstruction of justice, destroying evidence, and making false statements to the Court, the 2022 Virginia Senators voted unanimously to reappoint Judge Lee A. Harris to a six year term so that he would reach retirement status.

 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0093SR0009+SR0009

       It is evident that the only issue that Republicans and Democrats can unanimously agree on is to continue to keep the Virginia Justice system corrupt.

The Senators who voted 40-0 to reappoint Judge Lee Harris were:

                              DISTRICT      PARTY 

George L. Barker	39	Democrat
John J. Bell	13	Democrat
Jennifer B. Boysko	33	Democrat
Amanda F. Chase	11	Republican
John A. Cosgrove, Jr.	14	Republican
R. Creigh Deeds	25	Democrat
Bill DeSteph	8	Republican
Siobhan S. Dunnavant	12	Republican
Adam P. Ebbin	30	Democrat
John S. Edwards	21	Democrat
Barbara A. Favola	31	Democrat
T. Travis Hackworth	38	Republican
Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	24	Republican
Ghazala F. Hashmi	10	Democrat
Janet D. Howell	32	Democrat
Jen A. Kiggans	7	Republican
Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.	6	Democrat
Mamie E. Locke	2	Democrat
L. Louise Lucas	18	Democrat
David W. Marsden	37	Democrat
T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason	1	Democrat
Jennifer L. McClellan	9	Democrat
Ryan T. McDougle	4	Republican
Jeremy S. McPike	29	Democrat
Joseph D. Morrissey	16	Democrat
Stephen D. Newman	23	Republican
Thomas K. Norment, Jr.	3	Republican
Mark D. Obenshain	26	Republican
Mark J. Peake	22	Republican
J. Chapman Petersen	34	Democrat
Todd E. Pillion	40	Republican
Bryce E. Reeves	17	Republican
Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	15	Republican
Richard L. Saslaw	35	Democrat
Lionell Spruill, Sr.	5	Democrat
William M. Stanley, Jr.	20	Republican
Richard H. Stuart	28	Republican
David R. Suetterlein	19	Republican
Scott A. Surovell	36	Democrat
Jill Holtzman Vogel	27	Republican

Removing Statues is not going to Cure Virginia's Justice System's White Nationalism Problem

Good Ol' Boy Judges are the Problem with the Virginia Justice System 

        If the Virginia Justice System is to eliminate racism in the courts, good ol' boy Judges need to be eliminated. Since the era of slavery, Virginia Justice and good ol 'boy Judges go hand in hand, providing two justice systems, one for people of color/ethnic groups and another for white affluent professionals.

      Dictionary defines “white nationalism” as:

                     1: the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups, and that in order to preserve their white, European, and Christian cultural identities, they need or deserve a segregated geographical area, preferential treatment, and special legal protections.

      This is no secret, everyone in the Virginia justice system recognizes the two justice system exists and accepts it. No one speaks against it, except the victims who are primarily people of color. 

       The attorneys do not dare speak against the good ol' boy system because they will be targeted by the Virginia State Bar with their illegal disciplinary system, which can illegally revoke an attorney's license without due process of law. See article: Virginia State Bar Illegal Disciplinary System

How can a justice system be fair when Judges rule on cases based on anything but the Rule of Law and the U.S. Constitution. Good ol' boy Judges will rule on:

• Who the law firm is- usually a large corporation or connected attorney close to the Judge.
• Who the parties are- white professionals are given the good ol' boy privileges of case being decided in their favor.
• What is the race of the attorney representing the client- again white attorneys are given the privilege of rulings in their favor.

      We need not mention that Virginia criminal convictions are primarily based on race and that that people of color are sentenced to far more time than Caucasians convictions.

      These good ol' boy Judges have been serving in the courts for decades and own the system. They rule as they please with no accountability because they know that the Appellate and Supreme Court Judges are also good ol' boys.

      Despite there being Virginia Judicial Canons for Judges, those rules do not apply to good ol' boys. These Judicial Canons only apply to judges who have committed serious criminal crimes.

      Honesty, integrity, and fairness no longer exists in the Virginia Courts. The only rule that applies is who you are. If you are a white affluent professional, you are protected and afforded special preferential treatment. If you are a person of color or belong to an ethnic group, you are segregated for a different unjust system which will hide exculpatory evidence, convict you and sentence you to the prison labor camps run by corporations.

     Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts chided federal judges for not recusing themselves from cases posing a conflict of interest. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-roberts-argues-judges-stay-out-cases-financial-conflict-interest?fr=operanews&fbclid=IwAR3AHYtwih2NhHlKmHs3gKTz4gC2GukHG7TlsePLv8tlf3mdwYiU-iAbyR0

      A recent article about "Robed in secrecy: How judges accused of misconduct can dodge public scrutiny". Virginia ranks amongst the lowest states for Judicial Discipline transparency.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robed-secrecy-judges-accused-misconduct-can-dodge-public-scrutiny-rcna7638

      Complaints against corrupt judges are far and few, but a loophole in the law has given private citizens the right to file ethics complaints against corrupt lawyers and judges which bypass the Virginia State Bar and allows to file ethics complaints directly with Virginia Circuit courts. Don't expect any victories in the circuit courts, as the good ol' boys cover for each other.

      Want to make a change in this good ol' boy judges system? Write or call your delegates and senators, demand they eliminate Judicial Immunity and make the good ol' boys liable for their corruption.