Crooked Christoper Dodd, who is leaving the Senate in shame after taking bribes from subprime pimp Angelo Mozilo, tried sneaking longtime friend and political ally Robert Chatigny into the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. That nomination is now on hold, given Chatigny's ethically-questionable handling of a death penalty case.
David Ingram of the National Law Journal is reporting:
In 2005, U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny warned a defense lawyer of dire consequences if the lawyer did not do more to try to delay the execution of his client. "I'll have your law license," Chatigny warned at one point, in a 55-minute conference call.
Connecticut criminal defense Norm Pattis lawyer practically live-blogged Chatigny's attempt to derail the execution of murdered Michael Ross. You may find Mr. Pattis' many eye-opening posts below:
- Execution Delayed?
- Nutmeg Madness
- Fox to Congress: Let Me Guard the Coop!
- An Act of Conscience?
- Hero in a Black Robe
- Oops, I forgot
- Baron Von Chatignystein
As those posts were written long before Chatigny had been nominated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, they remain the most unbiased Chatigny-related reporting and commentary.
