Carolyn Wright Archives - New Jersey Globe

Superior Court Judge reassigned after scuffle with Newark mayor

January 5, 2022 12:02 amJanuary 5, 2022 11:00 am

Superior Court Judge Carolyn E. Wright was reassigned last month, just three days after a contentious meeting with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to discuss juvenile justice programs went in the wrong direction. Essex County Assignment Judge Sheila Venable unexpectedly summoned...

Ethics complaints against NJ judges not uncommon

July 10, 2019 1:22 amMarch 7, 2023 11:26 am

The emerging controversy over comments made by Superior Court Judges Marcia Silva (Middlesex) and James Troiano (Ocean) in unconnected rape cases casts a spotlight on a state judiciary that sometimes appears to operate under one set of ethics rules for...