Is this Judge acting in our best interest?

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I watched this, and admit got a good laugh out of it. Then I thought about it and was disguisted with myself. 

http://news.yahoo.com/miami-woman-jailed-flipping-off-judge-232040888.html

Here is what I think. Am I giving another Wrong Answer? 

This Judge should be recalled. First and foremost the public has entrusted him into a position of trust. This Judgeship is a responsibility he campaigned for, wanted and now fails to see the importance of helping our fellow human beings with empathy, compassion and true juctice.  

This girl was arrested on a drug charge. She was clearly acting very strangely with both her body language and responses. Watch her, unable to even give a dollar amount for her jewlery. She is unable to communicate. Clearly, this is a desperate cry for help. 

So instead of helping her, this Judge comes orders hard and heavy with punishement after punishement... with extreme predjudice! This Judge should be recalled! This is simply not the same punishements he would have gotten for a member of his family. 

A crime against the most vulnerable in our society is a crime against all of us.

Crazy Dan · Accepted Answer

Well yes, I think both just got out of control here. However, I do have to agree with you that this girl probably needs to be sent to rehabilitation of some sort. Perhaps a drug&alcohol program to help her.

Being that our justice system is so messed up, I don't have any hopes that anything productive will occur here other than continuing. I think people who actually need help rarely get it and they are let go too easily compared to others who done just minor crimes and having to pay a very large price for it. Heck, you get more severe punishment for downloading illegal music than you would if you were a pedophile. To me that is seriously wrong.

? · Answer

Well, you don't mess with a judge. They play God and some of them act like it and think they are too. They got power and they will use it.The girl did not show respect for sure, but let me tell we got a judge kicked out of court for beating his own wife and another had kiddy porn charges and these are the people that judge me and you pal.The courts are so over run with cases that they herd them through like cattle. I don't assume all judges judge the same either. We have convicted child abuse killers here walk in five, seven years while men who steal food to feed their hungry kids sit and rot for 20, 25 years. Also if you got money you can Buy your way out.This is how things are done. A person is at the mercy of what ever they want to throw at you.Yes, some are not bad people, but make bad choices.This girl and many need help, but once released she will most likely do this once again. If you are not a hardened criminal prison will make you one

Elana · Answer

Don't mess with a judge in his court room.

Ever.

He is free to, at a later time, reduce his sentence of contempt.

However, the very reasoning you give, that she is acting strangely, unable to communicate, etc, is a good reason to get her off the street and get her detoxed.

Do I think that's why he did it?

No, he did it because he was pi$$ed off.

But you don't mess with a judge in his court.  They NEED that level of control in a court room or court rooms would be free-for-alls.  They can be free-for-alls even WITH that level of control.

It won't hurt her to spend a day in jail cooling off (and detoxing) while her court appointed lawyer tries to get her to apologize to the judge.  My guess is that once she has done that, he'll be happy to set her free, if for no other reason, to make room for the next sap who does something silly in a court room.

Don't mess with a judge in his court room.

Ever.

EVER!

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