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Is the judge criminally liable for the forced home entry? Or is this a civil suit?

by ww520 3y ago

dmoy 3y ago
It's a civil suit > Is the judge criminally liable for the forced home entry? This could also be true, but you'd need a prosecutor to take up the case
- 77pt77 3y ago
  That will never happen because other judges would never allow that prosecutor to win anything ever again.
  - dmoy 3y ago
    Maybe? Probably not relevant? Family court and criminal court are pretty separated. There's not a lot of overlap in judges or lawyers, and afaik there aren't any state prosecutors going to family court to try cases.
    - 77pt77 3y ago
      This case already involved two judges caught trying to play backroom games. Those are the one that were caught. I stand by what I wrote. That prosecutor would get a reputation of going after judges and it would only bring obstacles into his professional or even personal life. Prosecutors know better than to mess with people with real power.
  - ksherlock 3y ago
    It's a family court judge so she's not dealing with criminal matters. And if for some reason that came up, the prosecutor can demand a recusal.
  - qingcharles 3y ago
    And most prosecutors are looking for a judgeship. Most judges are ex-prosecutors.
- qingcharles 3y ago
  Even if it was, the judge will elect a bench trial and get one of his friends to decide the verdict. I saw that done on a high-profile case recently.
duxup 3y ago
> When Matthew sued the judge for these egregious violations of constitutional rights In this case it is a civil suit.
LegitShady 3y ago
she was first censured and fined $1000 by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, but still said (under oath) she thought she didn't do anything wrong and would re-run for election. A delegate in the house of delegates said that since she thought she didn't do anything wrong, she was at risk of committing similar violations so introduced a resolution to have her impeached. She resigned and retired before it could go through. Two additional judges were charged with violations of the Judicial code for trying to interfere - one resigned/retired and the other was removed for the rest of her term. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyxkQXCr5tA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyxkQXCr5tA
- ww520 3y ago
  > Two additional judges were charged with violations of the Judicial code for trying to interfere So these judges formed a clique and covered each other? You heard of police covering up each other's wrong doing. You rarely heard of judges doing it.
  - 77pt77 3y ago
    Of course they did. How do you think they get to those positions?
    - lazyasciiart 3y ago
      Direct election, for many judges in the US. You don’t need other judges to support you for that.
  - qingcharles 3y ago
    A judge here recently committed a crime, and then elected to proceed on a bench trial so he was tried by his friend, instead of a jury, and the judge found him not guilty pretty quickly :)
- mccrory 3y ago
  I love how police and judges can simply retire if they’ve been breaking the law long enough. Why should these criminals get to retire? Why should they get to collect a pension?

Is the judge criminally liable for the forced home entry? Or is this a civil suit?

by ww520 3y ago

Is the judge criminally liable for the forced home entry? Or is this a civil suit?

dmoy 3y ago

It's a civil suit > Is the judge criminally liable for the forced home entry? This could also be true, but you'd need a prosecutor to take up the case

77pt77 3y ago
That will never happen because other judges would never allow that prosecutor to win anything ever again.
- dmoy 3y ago
  Maybe? Probably not relevant? Family court and criminal court are pretty separated. There's not a lot of overlap in judges or lawyers, and afaik there aren't any state prosecutors going to family court to try cases.
  - 77pt77 3y ago
    This case already involved two judges caught trying to play backroom games. Those are the one that were caught. I stand by what I wrote. That prosecutor would get a reputation of going after judges and it would only bring obstacles into his professional or even personal life. Prosecutors know better than to mess with people with real power.
- ksherlock 3y ago
  It's a family court judge so she's not dealing with criminal matters. And if for some reason that came up, the prosecutor can demand a recusal.
- qingcharles 3y ago
  And most prosecutors are looking for a judgeship. Most judges are ex-prosecutors.
qingcharles 3y ago
Even if it was, the judge will elect a bench trial and get one of his friends to decide the verdict. I saw that done on a high-profile case recently.

duxup 3y ago

> When Matthew sued the judge for these egregious violations of constitutional rights In this case it is a civil suit.

LegitShady 3y ago

she was first censured and fined $1000 by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, but still said (under oath) she thought she didn't do anything wrong and would re-run for election. A delegate in the house of delegates said that since she thought she didn't do anything wrong, she was at risk of committing similar violations so introduced a resolution to have her impeached. She resigned and retired before it could go through. Two additional judges were charged with violations of the Judicial code for trying to interfere - one resigned/retired and the other was removed for the rest of her term. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyxkQXCr5tA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyxkQXCr5tA

ww520 3y ago
> Two additional judges were charged with violations of the Judicial code for trying to interfere So these judges formed a clique and covered each other? You heard of police covering up each other's wrong doing. You rarely heard of judges doing it.
- 77pt77 3y ago
  Of course they did. How do you think they get to those positions?
  - lazyasciiart 3y ago
    Direct election, for many judges in the US. You don’t need other judges to support you for that.
- qingcharles 3y ago
  A judge here recently committed a crime, and then elected to proceed on a bench trial so he was tried by his friend, instead of a jury, and the judge found him not guilty pretty quickly :)
mccrory 3y ago
I love how police and judges can simply retire if they’ve been breaking the law long enough. Why should these criminals get to retire? Why should they get to collect a pension?