Dallas judge who asked victim if she cried during rape has recused herself from case [View all]

[RandySF]

First some background provided in a great Dkos post:

1. A 14-year old girl is raped by 18-year old self-confessed rapist.
2. Judge gives rapist only 45-day jail sentence after facing 20 years.
3. Judge defers rapist's 5-year probation - no need for him to get any help.
4. Judge orders rapist to do community service at rape crisis center.
5. Judge asks victim during trial, several times, if she cried during the rape.
6. Judge tells press, "She's not the victim she claims to be." - not a virgin.
Now go back to #1 where it says, 'girl is raped'.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/03/1296542/-Dallas-Judge-Asks-Victim-If-She-Cried-During-Rape-5-More-Actions-That-Make-This-Judge-Unfit


Now the recusal:

State District Judge Jeanine Howard has recused herself from the case of a rapist she sentenced to five years probation.

Howard’s decision came Friday in reaction to the fallout from last week’s sentence for 20-year-old Sir Young, who admitted to raping a 14-year-old girl at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where both were students. Young was 18 at the time of the 2011 assault.

n addition to the sentence, Young does not have to stay away from children, attend sex offender treatment, undergo sex offender evaluation or refrain from watching pornography.

Howard told The Dallas Morning News that she gave Young his light sentence in part because his victim wasn’t a virgin and “wasn’t the victim she claimed to be.” She declined to comment Friday beyond the statements she made Thursday night.

After Howard’s recusal, the case is now assigned to state District Judge Carter Thompson.


http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/dallas-judge-recuses-herself-from-case-of-admitted-rapist-sentenced-to-probation.html/