Writing that “God has called me to a higher place,” Fulton County State Court Judge Penny Brown Reynolds on Monday notified Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue that she would resign, effective Oct. 22, to embark on her new career as a television judge on “Family Court with Judge Penny.”
- Fulton County Daily Report: Judge to Resign Next Month for TV Gig

Some Virginia judges are asking defense attorneys to refrain from patting police officers on the back in court, on the theory that the gesture suggests the existence of a “good old boy system.”
- Associated Press: Attorneys Told to End Courtroom Back-Pats

Brief shoulder massages and goosing were not specified as prejudicial.