Ethics case dropped against judge over execution protest

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas disciplinary panel has dismissed an ethics case against a judge who faced the possibility of removal from the bench for participating in an anti-death penalty demonstration the same day he blocked the state from using an execution drug.
The counsel for the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission confirmed Wednesday that the case against Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen was dismissed because too much time had passed between the complain