Judge Elizabeth Halverson Gets Fried

Judge Elizabeth Halverson listens to testimony during one of her few trials while an elected judge. Halverson was suspended in July 2007 for conduct unbecoming of an officer of the court. The disciplinary review board is still deliberating whether she will be permanantly removed from the bench.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada---Suspended District Judge, The Honorable Elizabeth Halverson was the beneficiary of a judicial smackdown late Thursday night compliments of her husband, Edward Halverson. It is alleged that Edward Halverson, 49, beat his wife of ten years with a frying pan.

Elizabeth Halverson, 50, made an emergency 911 call to police at 10:50PM to report that her husband was bludgeoning her and had threatened to kill her, according to Metropolitan Police. The police arrived at the Halverson residence only to find Edward Halverson in his living room and his wife in a rear bedroom with severe injuries to her head, chest, and upper arms.

Police arrested the swingeing spouse on multiple felony charges including attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon, and battery with substantial bodily harm. He will be arraigned Tuesday morning in Las Vegas.

Edward Halverson is no stranger to the law. The three-time convicted felon has served four years in prison for numerous non-violent offenses including cocaine possession and burglary.

His wife, The Honorable Elizabeth Halverson was rushed to Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas where she underwent emergency surgery. She is listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit of the hospital.

Elizabeth Halverson has been suspended from the bench since July 2007 when she was deemed "a threat to justice" by the same judicial review board that overheard her "Removal from the Bench" hearing in early August, which aired live on CourtTV. That review board is still deliberating what punishment, if any, she will receive for her nimiety of judicial transgressions, which include ex parte communications with jurors, sleeping on the bench, being verbally abusive to her staff, and making her bailiff massage her feet, cook her meals, tell her bedtime stories, and worship her from near and from far. It is also alleged that Elizabeth Halverson had asked her bailiff on a few occasions to kill 'Evil Ed', which is the nickname she had given her husband.

Halverson's attorney, Michael Schwartz, who represents her in her removal hearing, said he was stunned to hear what had happened between the 'corpulent' couple whom he had worked with extensively for nearly two weeks during Halverson's nationally televised trial:

"I am absolutely bewildered," he said. "I have no reason to believe anything like this would occur." Special prosecutor, Dorothy Nash Holmes, who pursued the alleged complaints against the disgraced judge, commented: “We all wish Judge Halverson the best.”

Both attorneys have said that this incident will not prorogue the closing arguments, which must be submitted in writing to the disciplinary review board by September 18th.