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-Land of the Free
Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench
2020-07-01
Very long, lots of detail. Not every community chooses their judges well and, sadly, once on the bench they benefit from being part of the in-crowd. Herewith the opening section:
[Reuters] Judge Les Hayes once sentenced a single mother to 496 days behind bars for failing to pay traffic tickets. The sentence was so stiff it exceeded the jail time Alabama allows for negligent homicide.

Marquita Johnson, who was locked up in April 2012, says the impact of her time in jail endures today. Johnson’s three children were cast into foster care while she was incarcerated. One daughter was molested, state records show. Another was physically abused.

"Judge Hayes took away my life and didn’t care how my children suffered," said Johnson, now 36. "My girls will never be the same."
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#6  "...and then they discovered the Judge had been dead for years. He'd been stuffed and equipped with motors and a speaker system. The clerks and secretaries had been using it as a cash cow for over a decade..."
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163   2020-07-01 15:17  

#5  It seems like the only way to get rid of them is for them to reach that final, terminal level of stupidity where they finally kill themselves. Unfortunately, they seem to have enough secretaries and caregivers to avoid such a fate.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2020-07-01 13:26  

#4  I don't consider it a "profession" unless the profession has a working program to discharge the miscreants among its ranks.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-07-01 11:15  

#3  Wow, what a great country and a great justice system we have here. So fair. So equitable.
Posted by: Clem   2020-07-01 08:45  

#2  When I was a reporter, a joke that went around the newsroom was "What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 80?"

"Your Honor..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-07-01 08:38  

#1  And the difference between judicial immunity and titles of nobility is what again? Asking for a friend, of course.
Posted by: Cesare   2020-07-01 07:59  

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