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Submitted by BlueNC on Sat, 12/19/2020 - 08:30 REPUBLICAN COA JUDGE CENSURED FOR ALLOWING SEXUAL HARASSMENT: Judge Hunter Murphy's conduct wasn't bad enough to warrant suspension or removal from the bench, the state Supreme Court said in an opinion posted Friday, but it did merit censure. Law clerks in Murphy's office told investigators that Tuite made "comments of a sexual or inappropriate nature" and that they told Murphy about it. In one incident, Tuite was talking about a female job applicant and called her breasts "fun bags." The judge, the Judicial Standards Commission reported, was in...

By GARY D. ROBERTSONDecember 19, 2020 GMT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Court of Appeals judge was censured on Friday after a judicial investigation determined his refusal to squarely address his chief aide’s bullying, profanity and dishonesty caused a “toxic work environment” for female law clerks who worked for him. State Supreme Court justices unanimously affirmed the recommendation by the state Judicial Standards Commission that Judge Hunter Murphy violated the state Code of Judicial Conduct and brought the judicial office into disrepute with his actions. ADVERTISEMENT The...

Updated December 19, 2020 9:43 a.m. EST By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter Raleigh, N.C. — The state Supreme Court censured a judge on the state Court of Appeals this week, saying he hired his high school buddy, then turned "a blind eye" as the man belittled and sexually harassed law clerks in the office. Judge Hunter Murphy's conduct wasn't bad enough to warrant suspension or removal from the bench, the state Supreme Court said in an opinion posted Friday, but it did merit censure. Investigators from the state's Judicial Standards Commission heard from other employees that Ben Tu...