judges run amok
Judge reinstates pension of legislator who served time
Says panel waited too long to revoke
By Ralph Ranalli, Globe Staff | May 14, 2005
A former state representative who was convicted of federal conspiracy, bribery, and mail fraud charges in 1996 has had his $21,000-a-year state pension reinstated by a judge, who ruled that the state waited 15 days too long to notify Francis Woodward that the pension was being revoked.