Judges

A former judge in southeastern Washington state who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two former court employees over several years was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

King County Judge Susan Mahoney resigned from her position as chief presiding judge at King County District Court in late February and is under investigation for allegedly using a racial slur, a development that has rippled through legal circles for weeks and raised questions about electoral plans. Judge Matthew York has replaced Mahoney as chief presiding judge.

Associate Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam was found dead on Wednesday in the Hudson River. She was the first African-American woman to be appointed to New York's Court of Appeals.

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A mistrial has been declared in a Kitsap County drug case after a juror was overheard expressing a desire to punch prominent…