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Indicted Massachusetts Judge To Get Back Pay and Continuing Pay While Federal Obstruction-of-Justice Case Proceeds

Indicted Massachusetts Judge To Get Back Pay and Continuing Pay While Federal Obstruction-of-Justice Case Proceeds

A state judge who prosecutors say helped an illegal immigrant elude federal agents at a Newton courthouse will get back pay and start drawing her normal salary without working while she remains suspended. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 5-1 on Tuesday that Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, who is under a federal indictment for obstruction of justice, must get back pay and benefits but cannot return to work even in an administrative capacity while her case is pending. The decision upend

A state judge who prosecutors say helped an illegal immigrant elude federal agents at a Newton courthouse will get back pay and start drawing her normal salary without working while she remains suspended. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 5-1 on Tuesday that Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, who is under a federal indictment for obstruction of justice, must get back pay and benefits but cannot return to work even in an administrative capacity while her case is pending. The decision upend…