A judicial conduct panel has recommended a Nome judge be reprimanded for behavior including using offensive accents to impersonate people from other ethnic groups, and keeping a courtroom of attorneys waiting for an hour while he watched a sports game.
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Commission recommends reprimand for Nome Superior Court judge on paid leave for nearly a year
Romano DiBenedetto has been on administrative leave since last March, leaving the Nome area without a regular judge for nearly a year.
