The Ohio Supreme Court suspended Judge Daniel Gaul of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for one year and removed him from the bench without pay for the same period.
In one of the coerced pleas, Gaul told defendant Carleton Heard, who was indicted in 2015 for attempted murder, assault and other crimes, that his sentences would run consecutively if he was convicted after a trial, for a total of 42 years in prison. But if the defendant pleaded no contest, Gaul said, he would be sentenced to 14 years in prison, with credit for time served.
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