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The Law of the Heart vs the Law: SC Judge Defends Herself at Discipline Hearing
The disciplinary panel is weighing whether Mullen used her office to push deputies to arrest a neighbor during a 2017 mental health episode.
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The law of the heart vs the law: SC Judge defends herself at discipline hearing
South Carolina state Judge Carmen Mullen told a judicial discipline panel on Tuesday that she was compelled to intervene in a rapidly-evolving neighborhood situation to help a mentally troubled man. Because it was a matter of potential life and death,…
SC Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen to face rare disciplinary hearing for alleged abuse of power in 2017
Carmen Mullen, a Lowcountry judge, faces disciplinary measures for allegedly attempting to improperly jail a man with a lengthy history of mental illness. Mullen maintains she was seeking to help him.
·Charleston, United States
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