Update: Magistrate Keough's retirement adds to list of bench vacancies
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The quiet retirement on Dec. 20 of Superior Court Special Magistrate Joseph A. Keough has left another judicial opening for Governor Carcieri and lawmakers to fill. His retirement was confirmed today by Rhode Island chief court spokesman Craig Berke. Paid $141,515 at the point he stepped down, former state Rep. Keough, 67, had been a magistrate since 1997. Before that he had been the chief judge of the Pawtucket municipal court. Court spokesman Berke said he did not know whether Keough's position will be filled. That appointment lies with Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph F. Rodgers Jr., and must be confirmed by the Senate, said Berke. Magistrates are appointed for 10-year terms. In recent weeks, two other judges in Rhode Island retired and two died, expanding the work of a judgeship screening panel. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams and Family Court Judge Howard I. Lipsey have announced their plans to retire this week. Family Court Judge Gilbert T. Rocha, 77, died Dec. 19 after a brief illness, and District Court Chief Judge Albert E. DeRobbio Sr., 79, died three days later. 
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Good riddance! He never filled the robes as a good judge.
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