Comments on: Removal of New York Judge Upheld for Jailing 46 People over Cell Phone

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:38:25 +0000

Mespo wrote:
How about just letting it go and assuming that the mortified owner put it on “vibrate.” If not, maybe he could echo locate it on the next ring since he obviously thinks he’s Batman.
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True; letting it go entirely would have been even better.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:21:19 +0000

Susan:

“Asking these folks to leave the courtroom would have been appropriate and reasonable.”
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How about just letting it go and assuming that the mortified owner put it on “vibrate.” If not, maybe he could echo locate it on the next ring since he obviously thinks he’s Batman.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:18:32 +0000

I completely agree, Mespo. Asking these folks to leave the courtroom would have been appropriate and reasonable. Jailing them for such a trivial offense is neither.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:40:10 +0000

My only question is why it took three years to wind through the process. Talk about absolute power corrupting someone. 46 innocent citizens cramped into holding cells — 14 who couldn’t make bail. However, I did enjoy his defense that he was under “personal stress” and except for this tiny little problem his record is “unblemished.” If only John Wilkes Booth had thought of that, he could have avoided that nasty shoot-out in the blazing barn on Richard Garrett’s farm.