Judge could be suspended for “deceptive” campaign flier
A judicial discipline panel has recommended a public reprimand and 90-day suspension for a judge who “circulated a deceptive, misleading advertisement.” Its members also suggested paranoia on the part of Circuit Judge Kimberly Shepard, who believed that “sinister forces (were) at work” trying to defeat her, they said. Shepard, who sits in Osceola County, ran for office and won her seat in 2014. During the campaign, she handed out fliers that “implied that the Orlando Sentinel had endorsed Ms. Shepard, when it had, in fact,…
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