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Professor James Sample in The New York Times
Professor James Sample was quoted in the following New York Times article.
District Attorney’s Boycott of a Judge Raises Issues
By Michelle Quinn
March 19, 2010
EXCERPT:
“If this is taken to its logical conclusion, you are talking about criminal defendants’ appearing before the judge chosen by the D.A,” said James Sample, a professor at the Hofstra Law School and the co-author of a 2008 report on recusal reform from New York University’s School of Law. “It’s turning the scalpel of recusal into a chain saw to undermine judicial independence.”