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Topic: Judge in court to face charges
hours after re-election |
Judge in court to face charges
hours after re-election
Chicago Tribune, by Steve Schmadeke
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Original Article
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Posted By:earlybird, 11/10/2012 3:38:31 PM
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| A Cook County judge who was re-elected Tuesday despite being suspended from the bench appeared in court a few hours later as a defendant in a battery case that her attorney said should be tossed because his client was "legally insane" at the time. Judge Cynthia Brim, 54, whose 18-year tenure has been marked by controversy, told reporters as she left a criminal courtroom Wednesday at 26th and California that she was pleased by the election results, which she watched at home Tuesday night. "I´m just happy the people voted me back in," said Brim, who was suspended from her $182,000-a-year
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Comments:
The Chicago Way.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Emerson, 11/10/2012 3:42:33 PM (No. 9005615)
Judged to be "psychotic" when this incident occurred - and she has been on the bench for years, most recently hearing criminal cases.
Experts said Brim´s case highlights the difficulty of unseating a judge up for retention.
"This is so sad," said Ann Lousin, a John Marshall Law School professor who has written about judicial selection. "It shows how difficult it is to get somebody out.
"What happens every two years is the judges up for retention all join together and band together."
Brim was backed by the Cook County Democratic Party as well as the Committee for Retention of Judges in Cook County, a campaign committee funded by judges.
Of course she was.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Aria, 11/10/2012 3:51:04 PM (No. 9005630)
Well they reelected Jesse Jackson Jr.
This is a not funny joke.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
provide, 11/10/2012 3:59:33 PM (No. 9005643)
Maybe she can run for Deputy Mayor.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
zeldafitzg, 11/10/2012 4:00:59 PM (No. 9005645)
Didn´t know this woman, but just took a second to see if there was a photo. Yep.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
No Representation in CA, 11/10/2012 4:05:52 PM (No. 9005656)
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy"- Obi Wan Kenobi, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 11/10/2012 4:19:37 PM (No. 9005678)
182Gs a year. Life is good when you are lucky enough to work in the public service category.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Keekng, 11/10/2012 4:27:22 PM (No. 9005691)
Legally insane but re-elected......Only in Chicago.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Gartrell Bibberts, 11/10/2012 4:35:33 PM (No. 9005711)
Now the entire U.S. can be just like "Chicago" and other third world countries.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
chicodon, 11/10/2012 4:42:39 PM (No. 9005726)
The rest of the story... She was upset that police ticketed blacks and Hispanics.
"One source told the Sun-Times that Brim made comments during the call that were “racial in nature,” accusing south suburban towns of ticketing only black and Hispanic drivers. She accused south suburban police officers of conspiring to get her fired, the source said."
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
greg1a, 11/10/2012 6:46:50 PM (No. 9005985)
The kind of judge Al Capone would have liked.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
secondtimelucky, 11/10/2012 10:25:59 PM (No. 9006246)
Brim was backed by the Cook County Democratic Party as well as the Committee for Retention of Judges in Cook County, a campaign committee funded by judges.
yup. just as presumed. What else could be expected when even the crazies are reelected in Chicago. There must be something in the water coolers at the Daley Center - bipolar disease seems to be rampant in the dem party...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Words have Meaning, 11/10/2012 10:39:09 PM (No. 9006266)
"Gimme my Obamaphone".
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