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TexasTowelie

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Sat Apr 29, 2017, 06:25 AM Apr 2017

Arkansas panel backs reinstatement in judge's DWI case

LITTLE ROCK—An Arkansas judicial commission recommended Wednesday that a circuit judge arrested in January on drunken driving charges be reinstated.

The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission said Circuit Judge William Pearson, 57, is taking action to avoid such behavior again.

The commission filed a motion with the Arkansas Supreme Court to reinstate the 5th Judicial Circuit's Division 1 judge to the bench.

"Pearson has been open and candid in all communications with the commission," Executive Director David Sachar wrote in a letter of admonishment, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Read more: http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/arkansas/story/2017/apr/27/arkansas-panel-backs-reinstatement-judges-dwi-case/671525/

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