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Kim Berkeley Clark is an American attorney and judge. She currently serves as the President Judge of the Fifth Judicial District Court of Pennsylvania. She was first appointed as a judge in 1999.[1]
Clark made national headlines in February 2020 when a judge under her supervision used a racial epithet to describe an African-American juror who served on a jury that acquitted a drug dealer, according to NBC News. Clark removed the judge from the bench.[2]
She was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge in 1999, elected to a full ten-year term that same year and reelected to ten-year terms in 2009 and 2019. Prior to her appointment in 1999, Clark served as Assistant and Deputy District Attorney in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.[3]
References
edit- ^ "The Honorable Kim Berkeley Clark is Allegheny County's new President Judge". New Pittsburgh Courier. 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ "Judge who allegedly called a juror 'Aunt Jemima'". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ Brandolph, Adam. "Newsmaker: Judge Kim Berkeley Clark". TribLIVE.com.
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