COLUMBUS (AP) - The state bar association says Ohio Supreme Court Justice Robert Cupp must go beyond distancing himself from an ad accusing his opponent of sympathizing with rapists, and publicly demand the Ohio Republican Party take it off the air.
In a strongly worded letter today, the chairwoman of the Ohio State Bar Association's advertising monitoring committee told Cupp the ad harms the integrity of the judicial system and he must call for its end under his clean-campaign pledge.
The panel met Thursday to review the spot, which was paid for by the GOP. It states Bill O'Neill, a Democrat seeking to unseat Cupp, "expressed sympathy for rapists" as an appellate judge.
Cupp already has called the ad inappropriate.