AMHERST — Before a packed room of family, friends and the Lynchburg area’s legal community, two Amherst County judges — Jeff Bennett and Eugene Butler — were sworn into office
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Justice Elena Kagan s recent recusal from acting on a petition before the Supreme Court gave a subtle indication of how the justices might approach transparency amid a period of heightened ethics scrutiny and low approval ratings.
Four years ago, a group of Commonwealth's Attorneys were elected and started taking a new approach to law and order. They called themselves the Progressive Prosecutors for Justice, and they advocated for things like the abolition of the death penalty, ending cash bail and getting rid of mandatory minimum sentences. Now, a few of their most prominent members have challengers in the Democratic primary in Fairfax and Loudoun and in Arlington.