(AP) – More than $53,000 has been paid to retired judges to
hear cases assigned to a Garland County circuit judge who left the bench after
his son died in a hot car.
Judge Wade Naramore stopped hearing cases after his 18-month-old son died in
July 2015. He was suspended in February by the state Supreme Court after being
charged with negligent homicide in his son’s death.
Naramore was found not guilty, but remains suspended and under investigation
by Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, which is determining
whether he is fit to serve.
The Sentinel-Record reports that the state auditor’s office reports having
paid $53,422 to retired judges assigned to Naramore’s court. The payments do not
include $2,615 retired Circuit Judge John Langston received for presiding over
Naramore’s criminal trial.
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