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VIENNA, Va., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Investigative watchdog blog Checks and Balances Project (C&BP) has filed an ethics complaint with the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission of Virginia against Norfolk Circuit Court Chief Judge Mary Jane Hall.
In a 2019 case, Hall sided with Sentara Healthcare, Hall s former client, as the regional healthcare giant blocked local competitor Chesapeake Regional Medical Center from expanding. The case is now before the Virginia Supreme Court.
C&BP s reporting has revealed that as an attorney with the law firm McCandlish Kaine & Grant, Hall represented Sentara in a long-running case to get a liver-transplant facility. Since becoming a judge in 2009, she has never recused herself from any cases involving her former client and did not disclose that she once represented Sentara.
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Norfolk judge addresses upcoming changes to jury sentencing in Virginia
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NORFOLK, Va. - A defendant s fate is decided inside the courtroom, but starting July 1, who hands down the sentence will change. Now a criminal defendant will have the option to elect to have a jury decide guilt or innocence, but then they can have a judge decide on sentencing, said Norfolk s Chief Judge Mary Jane Hall.
In what has been called a major move for criminal justice reform, the General Assembly passed a bill in 2020 that takes some sentencing out of jurors hands.
Starting July 1, 2021, a defendant on trial can choose whether they will be sentenced by the jury or the judge.
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