Nome judge discipline case needs new look by Supreme Court

Nome judge discipline case needs new look by Supreme Court

The Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct’s handling of the case that led to a proposed reprimand of Nome Superior Court Judge Romano DiBenedetto—and not more serious disciplinary action—has led the chief administrator of the court system in Nome to allege that the judge’s actions “are being swept under the rug at worst or whitewashed at best.”Robert Colvin, the area court administrator of the Second Judicial District, wrote Feburary 5 of “what …