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stevenleser

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8. Judges should not be administering shame or punishment. That is not their job.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Aug 20, 2016, 01:18 PM

Aug 2016

I've not liked this for a long time. I have no idea why judges in criminal cases think that it is their job to verbally shame defendants or even people who are convicted. Their punishment is their sentence, not the words of the judge.

It's even more cruel when you factor in that some folks who get convicted, or plead guilty are innocent and have their convictions overturned and the actual guilty party is found. What was the point of the judge's verbal attacks on the individual in cases like that.

I am glad a fellow judge spoke out.

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I'm a Judge and I Think Criminal Court Is Horrifying [View all] cali Aug 2016 OP

K&R Jeffersons Ghost Aug 2016 #1

Thanks, JG. Good to see you. cali Aug 2016 #2

Just curious LakeArenal Aug 2016 #3

I have no idea. Why not contact her or Vice? cali Aug 2016 #4

over the past year i have become much more aware that legal does not mean just dembotoz Aug 2016 #5

I.like that this is written by a fellow member of the bench Arazi Aug 2016 #6

Thank you so much for commenting. Issues get subsumed in the frenzy of Trumpism cali Aug 2016 #7

Judges should not be administering shame or punishment. That is not their job. stevenleser Aug 2016 #8