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tsopranos
05-07-2009, 09:06 AM
This is a local story that I'd like to get out. Rate up please.

http://freedomwatch.uservoice.com/pages/16625-freedom-watch-show-ideas/suggestions/184152-florida-judge-who-sued-over-jail-overcrowding-is-reprimanded

Check this link (http://www.victimsoflaw.net/FL_JudgeBarnes.htm) for background information...

Latest story here...
Florida Supreme Court reprimands St. Lucie judge Barnes (http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/may/06/fla-supreme-court-reprimands-st-lucie-judge-jail-c/)

Money quote from the article...

"Your responsibility now and in the future is to carry out your responsibilities as a judge in an impartial manner and in a way that uplifts the public confidence in our judicial system," Quince concluded.

Emphasis mine. What if the confidence has already been lost, partly due to the things this judge was trying to correct in the first place? Oh, the irony