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JBupp t1_itno12n wrote

Another source:

A secret slap on the wrist didn't stop a family court judge in East Baton Rouge Parish from abusing her power to toss people in jail for contempt of court, according to the Louisiana Judiciary Commission, which has proposed a 6-month unpaid suspension for Judge Charlene Charlet Day.

In a recommendation released this month to the Louisiana Supreme Court, the commission argues that Day, who has held her job since 2011, failed to learn her lesson after agreeing in 2018 to a confidential “admonishment” for disregarding the law when she held two earlier litigants in contempt of court.

In one 2017 case, Day ordered a lawyer who represented himself in her court jailed for 30 days on a contempt charge after refusing to let him speak to defend himself, as the law required. The law also said Day could only jail him for up to 24 hours.

“Accordingly, if any judge should have been aware of the absolute necessity of following the laws governing contempt of court and meticulous about doing so … it was Judge Day,” the commission wrote.

Instead, Day issued another improper bench warrant in August 2019, this time for the stepmother of a child involved in a visitation case. The woman, a justice of the peace, was arrested without warning at the elementary school where she teaches, commission records show.

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Krabban t1_itnwk9d wrote

>In one 2017 case, Day ordered a lawyer who represented himself in her court jailed for 30 days on a contempt charge after refusing to let him speak to defend himself, as the law required. The law also said Day could only jail him for up to 24 hours.

>Day issued another improper bench warrant in August 2019, this time for the stepmother of a child involved in a visitation case. The woman, a justice of the peace, was arrested without warning at the elementary school where she teaches.

Reading what she did how the fuck can a 6 month suspension be considered enough punishment? And one supreme court judge even thought this was too harsh? She's clearly abusing her powers, flagrantly disregarding the law and then doesn't change her behaviour when told off.

A judge if anyone is supposed to be held to the absolute highest standards. Her actions not only harm the victims but erode the trust in the entire judicial system, which harms society overall. Why is she allowed to remain a judge at all?

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Has_hog t1_itoncfw wrote

Because when you’re a debate pervert, you can argue about anything, including interpreting everything under the guise of you living 200 years ago. Yes, really. Highest standards, haha, yeah man sure, we’ve got some good “leads” on that

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Jasoman t1_itpqr0b wrote

Since when have they been held to a high standards?

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ligmuhtaint t1_itocbfi wrote

Sounds like typical good ol' boy handshake bullshit in the south. Let these crusty old fucks get exposed more and more. They don't understand and don't want to understand the changed world around them; good riddance. Let em stay ignorant. They'll die dishonest assholes and no one outside of their family will remember them as anything other than a drain on the system and corrupt pieces of shit.

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