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HI_Handbasket t1_j0xiv04 wrote

Imagine your case being declared "guilty in absentia", but not because you were absent, but because the judge was.

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SBRH33 t1_j0yjknq wrote

The best part is that the court ended up being closed that day due to a snow storm. The irony is tremendous.

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electric_ranger t1_j0yyafc wrote

Fortunately none of these 95 cases were actually read into the record per the article. So she’ll be removed and a hopefully decent judge will be reassigned to the cases

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youngbuck215 t1_j0xrxde wrote

I love two things about this story:

  1. She was immediately caught because her bosses were like 'What the fuck is this shit. You can't do that.'

  2. The court ended up being closed anyway due to a snowstorm. What wonderful irony!!!

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uptown_gargoyle OP t1_j0x4p17 wrote

>A Philadelphia judge attempted to rule on dozens of traffic citations before the scheduled hearing date because she planned to be in Florida that day, according to a report made public Monday by the Pennsylvania body that handles complaints of judicial misconduct.

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>Ahead of the scheduled hearings, she [Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Marissa Brumbach] requested the citation files and allegedly marked 75 of them as either guilty in absentia, not guilty in absentia, or withdrawn, according to the complaint.

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Hib3rnian t1_j0x9kz5 wrote

And the punishment is what; public shaming? She should be disbarred or whatever you do to a judge. It's no wonder there's no justice in this town

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SBRH33 t1_j0yjog5 wrote

No. She can be removed from the bench. And she should be and probably will be.

As reported.

> Brumbach was relegated to administrative duties on Jan. 10, and hasn’t returned to the bench since.

> The Judicial Conduct Board has asked that she be suspended without pay as the proceedings against her move forward.

Yea. File under F for FIRED!

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Aromat_Junkie t1_j0yxbnv wrote

that's not a punishment, that's just preventing her from doing any more harm. I'm sick of the worst thing happening to officials is 'ok you got impeached, removed whatever'. No there needs to be punishment.

How about we add up all the maximum offenses for all those found guilty and sentence her with that?

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electric_ranger t1_j0yxyv9 wrote

They’re traffic tickets. It would just be a fine.

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Aromat_Junkie t1_j0yya9u wrote

And surely there's a punishment involving jail time for falsifying court records?

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SBRH33 t1_j0yycae wrote

These are traffic ticket cases. Easy.

Shes basically been fired and isn't being paid. There is a process of investigation and then a determination that must be completed. That takes a little time.

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Hib3rnian t1_j0z0jvc wrote

For now. Is it a matter of her just moving to a different city to be eligible for another job as a lawyer, etc? That's why I said disbarred.

If she can't be trusted to support the law accordingly, she shouldn't be able to practice it anywhere.

Just like a cop that's been found guilty of extortion or a teacher caught molesting kids, etc.

All these mfr's get caught, get fired and then land in the same type of job in some state where they "need" these types of skilled people just to pull the same crap. It's bullshit.

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SBRH33 t1_j0zk7i2 wrote

What she tried to do doesn't rise to the level of disbarment in fact this women isn't even a lawyer.

You don't need a law degree to be a traffic court judge, shit you don't need a pesky law degree at all to be a judge in Pennsylvania.

She will lose her job. Thats a fact.

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Aromat_Junkie t1_j10lqi4 wrote

I'm shocked that someone who is actively having the legislature try to remove him, try to refute that. it's besides the point anyway. Being stripped of your position and title is not a punishment.

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uptown_gargoyle OP t1_j0x8h5x wrote

Also her 2017 campaign website reads like it was written by a bot:

>I have the competency and temperament to be a judge having been tested almost every day of my legal career. My client base requires an abundance of temperament and I’ve demonstrated excellent temperament throughout my career. They are almost exclusively low income criminal defendants and those domestic matters such as divorce and child custody issues which resonates highly charged issues and highly emotional clients. Often times requiring not only a listening ear; but also, to have the ability and fortitude to be able to talk them “off the ledge.” The very nature of my practice is a daily testament and excellent representation of my temperament.

>I know that to understand people’s actions, behavior, responses, you must take a “walk in their shoes” or be cognizant of how their journey, culture, upbringing effected their actions or decisions. If you fail to step outside of your comfort zone, you fail to grow and learn but worse as a judge you fail to understand the big picture of what is really going on and why. Based upon diversity differences, proper decisions may veer outside of your own personal spectrum of what is perceived as proper, nonetheless, be equally appropriate decisions based upon what makes us a diverse society.

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LabLawyer t1_j0xkqc4 wrote

She didn't use the word "temperament" enough

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no483828 t1_j0x6cwo wrote

I'm in awe. Just. Wow.

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TrentonMakes t1_j0xk9fk wrote

Cops are actually writing traffic citations?

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ForkBombGoBoom t1_j0zm7e3 wrote

I wonder why the judge's request for the day off wasn't approved. Obviously it may be different for public servants, but I haven't had a day off refused at any professional job (only shitty ones like the service industry... when I was in that business you would just quit when you wanted PTO).

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