Professor Feeney Comments for Sacramento Bee on State Bar's Disciplinary Action
Professor Floyd Feeney commented for the Sacramento Bee on the State Bar of California's decision to issue a public reproval order against former Yolo County prosecutor Clinton Parish, who falsely accused a sitting judge of participation in a bribery and fraud scheme as part of Parish's unsuccessful campaign to join the Yolo County judiciary.
"If part of the purpose is deterrence and to encourage honesty, all of that resonates," Feeney said. "It's a public rebuke. For somebody with public ambitions, it's a meaningful sanction. Will this get candidates' attention? Yes."
Floyd Feeney is the Homer G. and Ann Berryhill Angelo Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law and the winner of the Law School's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1986 and 2008. The author of seven books and numerous articles, Feeney has received awards from the National Institute of Justice and the California Probation, Parole, and Correctional Association, and is a nationally recognized scholar on election law.