The Nation - News from May 23, 1985
Rhode Island’s top judge refused to testify before the judicial ethics panel investigating his friendship with convicted criminals and reputed underworld figures, the Providence Journal reported. It quoted unidentified sources as saying the 14-member panel was “astonished” by the action of Joseph A. Bevilacqua, chief justice of the state Supreme Court. The disciplinary hearing on undisclosed charges is not open to the public and Bevilacqua has refused to discuss the proceedings.
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