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Former Judge Alice Bruno, who collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary while missing more than two years of work for what she called stress-induced health problems, has retired after quali...

The Judicial Review Council, which investigates judicial misbehavior, qualified Bruno for the disability pension. The state Comptroller’s office said Wednesday that she received her first, bi-monthly check of $4,858.94 on Nov. 30 toward an annual benefit of $116,614.56.

We do not know what Inspector General Robert Devlin found in his investigation.

We do not know what Inspector General Robert Devlin found in his investigation.

Kevin Rennie: A Superior Court judge hasn’t shown up for work in years and has collected more than $350,000 in salary.

Eric Lindquist hopes to turn the horror of his family’s murders into a catalyst for change in the states criminal justice system.

Jurors will again be summoned to Connecticut courthouses beginning June 1, the chief court administrator announced Tuesday.

After more than a year without jury trials in Connecticut, the state will begin summoning potential jurors back to state courts in June. The imminent restarting of the jury trial process, suspended in March 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, dovetails with the “virtual elimination of pandemic-related public health restrictions” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Gov. Ned Lamont, Judge Patrick L. Carroll III, the Judicial Branch’s chief court administrator, said in a press r...

Accused murderer asks the Connecticut Supreme Court to decide whether coronavirus pandemic court closures have violated speedy trial rights Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant © Provided by Hartford Courant An accused triple murderer, unable to post bond and in custody for three years, is asking the state Supreme Court to decide whether pandemic court closures in Connecticut that have repeatedly postponed his trial amount to a violation of his right, and the rights of others in...