Ethics case tossed against judge accused of allowing reality TV show to film in her courtroom
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A hearing panel has dismissed ethics charges against a Florida judge accused of allowing a reality TV show to film domestic violence cases in her courtroom, according to an order filed Tuesday.
After ethics prosecutors presented their case against Judge Carroll Kelly at a Zoom hearing, the hearing panel determined that there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward, report Law.com and Law360.
Kelly is a judge with the 11th Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County. The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission accused Kelly last May of giving litigants little notice that they would be asked to sign waivers to appear in the syndicated show, called
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