Marcia Silva Archives

National Organization for Women lauds Murphy for dropping Silva

November 19, 2020 1:43 pm

The New Jersey branch of the National Organization for Women lauded Gov. Phil Murphy for refusing to renominate a Superior Court judge who said a 12-year-old’s alleged rape caused no harm beyond the loss of her virginity. “We should assume...

Vainieri Huttle praises Murphy for not renominating Silva

November 17, 2020 6:08 pm

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) praised Gov. Phil Murphy for not renominating Superior Court Judge Marcia Silva for a tenured term. “I think Gov. Murphy’s made the right decision in not renominating Judge Silva to the Superior Court,” she said....

Murphy won’t renominate Silva to Superior Court

November 17, 2020 4:37 pmNovember 19, 2020 3:54 pm

A Superior Court Judge who said she was unconvinced that a 12-year-old sexual assault victim suffered physical, mental or emotional injuries – other than the loss of her virginity — will not be renominated for a tenured term, the New...

Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct won’t seek to discipline Silva

June 25, 2020 5:34 pm

The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct will not launch disciplinary proceedings against Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Marcia Silva, who last year faced fire after refusing to try a 16-year-old who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl as an adult. Silva...

Three incumbents reappointed to judicial conduct panel

September 6, 2019 10:19 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court has reappointed three members of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, the panel that investigates allegations of unethical conduct by New Jersey judges. Karen Kessler, Matthew Boxer and Vincent Gentile were given additional three years...

Three seats on judicial conduct panel up in August

July 18, 2019 12:47 pm

Three seats are up next month on the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, the panel that investigates allegations of unethical conduct by New Jersey judges, including two with close ties to Gov. Phil Murphy. The connection to the executive branch...

Rabner: Judicial discipline system not designed to punish judges

July 17, 2019 6:36 pmJuly 17, 2019 7:40 pm

New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said “the system of judicial discipline is not designed to punish judges.” “Its overriding purpose is to preserve ‘public confidence in the integrity and the independence of the judiciary.’” Rabner said in...