Judge Andrew Wilkinson's Killing Shows Growing Risk of Attacks on Judges
"There isn't any judge at any level that is not at risk," a former US Marshal told Insider after a Maryland judge was shot to death.
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"There isn't any judge at any level that is not at risk," a former US Marshal told Insider after a Maryland judge was shot to death.
"There isn't any judge at any level that is not at risk," a former US Marshal told Insider after a Maryland judge was shot to death.
When Janet DiFiore took office in 2016 as New York's chief judge and marshaled the largest protection detail in the history of the state court system to chauffeur her, security sometimes took a back seat to other concerns.
Serving as a judge is a hard job, and it is becoming increasingly dangerous.
Former New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's around-the-clock chauffeur and protection detail cost taxpayers an estimated $1 million a year while she was in office, but there is no record of any written approval for the unprecedented escort, Law360 found.