Sunday, February 7, 2016

A powerful city court magistrate engages in a number of questionable activities while on duty

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A powerful city court magistrate engages in a number of questionable activities while on duty. A list of some of the activities includes the following:

Borrowing money from court employees

Publicly endorsing and campaigning for a candidate for judicial office

Conducting personal business from the court chambers

Directing other business court employees to perform personal errands for him during court hours

Shutting court down early to prevent defendant from filing pleadings in an ongoing case

Taking kickbacks from private juvenile detention facilities for locking more juveniles up on questionable charges

Banning one of the defense attorneys in a case from speaking during the trial

Jailing an entire courtroom because a cellphone went off during a proceeding, and no one came forward to accept responsibility

Suggesting to persons appearing before him to contribute to certain charities in lieu of paying fines

Using court employees to perform translating services for his mother?

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