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 The Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Alcee Hastings of Florida of eight impeachment articles,
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 removing the 53-year-old judge from his $89,500-a-year, lifetime job.
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 Mr. Hastings's case was particularly nettlesome 
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because it marked the first time 
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a federal official was impeached and removed from office on charges
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 of which a jury had acquitted him.
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 In 1983, Mr. Hastings was found not guilty of accepting a $150,000 bribe in a case before him, the central charge 
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on which the Senate convicted him.
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 He was only the sixth federal judge ever ousted from office after an impeachment trial.
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 With no floor debate, the Senate on Friday voted 69-26 to convict Mr. Hastings of perjury and conspiring to accept a bribe,
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 five votes more than needed.
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 Conviction on any single impeachment article was enough 
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to remove Judge Hastings from office.
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 He was found not guilty of three charges,
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 involving accusations
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 that he had improperly disclosed information about a sensitive, government investigation.
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 The Senate didn't vote on six lesser charges.
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 Although Mr. Hastings had been acquitted by a jury,
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had argued 
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that the purpose of impeachment isn't to punish an individual.
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 Instead, they argued 
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that impeachment aims to protect public institutions from people 
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who have abused their positions of trust,
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 irrespective of the outcome of prior criminal or civil cases.
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 Mr. Hastings faced the senators
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 and sat impassively during the first two roll-call votes,
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 then quickly left the chamber.
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 In an impromptu news conference on the Capitol steps, he denounced the senators' action.
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 Their opinion is devoid of the wisdom of the forefathers' teaching
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 regarding impeachment, 
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Mr. Hastings said.
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 For the future,
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 he said
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 he would run for governor of Florida.
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 Mr. Hastings was appointed to the federal bench by President Carter in 1979
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 and was one of the few black federal judges in the country.
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 While he packed the Senate gallery with his supporters during some of the impeachment trial,
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 most civil rights groups kept their distance from his case.
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 Following the impeachment conviction,
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 Dr. Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, issued a restrained statement,
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 warning 
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that the Hastings case could set a dangerous precedent, 
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but adding,
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 We must respect the considered judgment of the Senate.
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