Justice’s Resignation Urged Over Profiling
The governor called on state Supreme Court Justice Peter G. Verniero to resign, accusing him of misleading senators about racial profiling at his confirmation hearing in 1999.
“I believe the integrity of the process was violated,” acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco said.
Evidence presented in six days of Senate hearings on racial profiling in the last two weeks showed Verniero was aware of racial profiling at least three years before he admitted it publicly, legislators charged.
Verniero refused to resign and said in a statement he misled no one.
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