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Texas Judge Pleads Guilty To Obstruction Of Justice

Law360, New York (February 24, 2009) -- U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent on Monday pled guilty to obstructing investigators in a case that accuses him of sexually harassing two women in a Texas courthouse, and immediately retired from the bench.

Kent, who pled not guilty on Jan. 7 to five counts of sexual abuse and one count of obstruction of justice, changed his plea on the day jury selection was...

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