A district judge has recused herself from a contempt hearing for two Houston prosecutors. State District Jude Susan Brown recused herself at a hearing on Monday dealing with allegations that the Harris County district attorney’s office violated a court order by obtaining secret testimony from a grand jury investigation into the DA’s office. Two assistant district attorneys and two court reporters had been summoned to Brown’s court. They were asked to show why they shouldn’t be held in contempt.
Joe Paterno, college football’s oldest, winningest and perhaps most revered coach, was enveloped in a growing furor over the alleged cover-up of a sex abuse scandal at Penn State University.
