In the case of poor Iryna Zarutska, the monster who slashed her throat is not standing trial because the slice and dice shrinks say he is not mentally capable. He is a rabid beast that must be put down. This judge and judges in the same category which you excellently profile, they should be held criminally and civilly liable as your comparison to a bar tender.
"The counterargument that judicial immunity is necessary to prevent a flood of frivolous lawsuits is not without force, but it is a problem of institutional design, not a reason for blanket impunity.
Hardly: the governing factor here is INSIDER TRADING. What bretheren lawyer is going to challenge a local judge's decision and live to pettifog another day?
Mr. Muse, there is a saying: "The reason we have police is not to protect the citizens from the criminals, but to protect the criminals from the vengeance of the citizens." At some point, we will have to provide examples of why that saying came about.
This is not to mention all the police who decide it's not worth the paperwork to arrest those they know are dangerous because the DA won't prosecute and all the Soros funded and like-minded DAs who seem to believe it's ok for some ghetto scum to murder because he didn't get fries with that burger when he was eight. In the good old days, husbands, brothers, fathers and grandfathers "cured" bad folks who hurt their women and children. I'm all for a return to that better system. When the person who actually facilitated the injury is a DA or Judge, then it's all the more reason for America's men to make it a "permanent solution". Repeat offenses would end in a matter of hours.
I agree. An alternative is that for any defendant with over a certain number of violent offenses that the judge releases, the judge must allow that defendant to live with him/her for at least a month.
Excellent and timely article Mr. AMUSE. As a common man, taxpayer and (mostly) law abiding citizen I have become more and more frustrated at the decisions coming from courthouses across our nation.
All the comments thus far have touched on one aspect or another of what I would say, thus my comment is already written.
However.
What I see in my state of Oregon is a well orchestrated system of judges 'retiring' just before their term is up, the governor appoints a replacement judge, that judge then runs as the incumbent. Rarely contested. Information in the voters pamphlet is minimal, judges are listed as 'non-partisan'. It's impossible to determine their life philosophy like all other candidates for elected office and their accomplishments not identified.
When the elected judge is tired or wants to advance he retires and it rinse and repeat. Lawyers won't run against a judge for obvious reasons. It is a fixed system as described elsewhere in comments.
The legal system is broken. The political system is broken. The country, in part, is teetering on collapse because of lack of judicial performance and common sense. After all, what is a woman?
I really wanted to work in the joke that I would rather be judged by most bartenders than a judge but then AOC came to mind... Probably says more about our voters/voting system than anything else.
They could allow the victims' families to collect and compel the State to pay, whereupon the Chief Justice or Governor could take action against the judge if it was egregious, like bump him/her down to traffic court, and eventually out the door.
This is tricky constitutionally because the judge is supposed to have no personal stake in the outcome for the accused. Iβm as disgusted as anyone by the judges who bond out dangerous career criminals, but I wonder whether a legislative fix that reduces the judgeβs discretion to grant bond would work better? I know, trying to get legislators to legislate, funny right?!
Despite the honest responses from the ethically minded attorneys above, and considering the politicization of the judicial branch we have witnessed, some sort of corrective mechanism is now required. What that is, and what form it takes is a matter of debate, however, clearly something must be done and quickly.
Judges are the dregs of the legal system. Their arrogance causes them to run for office, and, in many cases, name recognition gets them elected, not their understanding of the law or experience. Locally, a twenty-five-year-old female ran as a municipal judge and was elected based on her family's name and their money. Lawyers hated appearing before her because she had no idea what she was doing.
The murder of Iryna Zarutska was horrifying because we saw it as it happened. If anyone stepped up to help, her life might have been saved. No one did, but lots of people on the train captured it on their phones. It's not just the judges who are worthless; the majority of the people are, too.
Congress must pass a law making judges accountable!
In the case of poor Iryna Zarutska, the monster who slashed her throat is not standing trial because the slice and dice shrinks say he is not mentally capable. He is a rabid beast that must be put down. This judge and judges in the same category which you excellently profile, they should be held criminally and civilly liable as your comparison to a bar tender.
"The counterargument that judicial immunity is necessary to prevent a flood of frivolous lawsuits is not without force, but it is a problem of institutional design, not a reason for blanket impunity.
Hardly: the governing factor here is INSIDER TRADING. What bretheren lawyer is going to challenge a local judge's decision and live to pettifog another day?
You make a rock solid argument. One based on reason and logic. I look forward to the days where that matters again.
A nation of lawyers and not one of men.
We donβt need hanginβ judges we need disbarred judges.
Mr. Muse, there is a saying: "The reason we have police is not to protect the citizens from the criminals, but to protect the criminals from the vengeance of the citizens." At some point, we will have to provide examples of why that saying came about.
This is not to mention all the police who decide it's not worth the paperwork to arrest those they know are dangerous because the DA won't prosecute and all the Soros funded and like-minded DAs who seem to believe it's ok for some ghetto scum to murder because he didn't get fries with that burger when he was eight. In the good old days, husbands, brothers, fathers and grandfathers "cured" bad folks who hurt their women and children. I'm all for a return to that better system. When the person who actually facilitated the injury is a DA or Judge, then it's all the more reason for America's men to make it a "permanent solution". Repeat offenses would end in a matter of hours.
I agree. An alternative is that for any defendant with over a certain number of violent offenses that the judge releases, the judge must allow that defendant to live with him/her for at least a month.
Excellent and timely article Mr. AMUSE. As a common man, taxpayer and (mostly) law abiding citizen I have become more and more frustrated at the decisions coming from courthouses across our nation.
All the comments thus far have touched on one aspect or another of what I would say, thus my comment is already written.
However.
What I see in my state of Oregon is a well orchestrated system of judges 'retiring' just before their term is up, the governor appoints a replacement judge, that judge then runs as the incumbent. Rarely contested. Information in the voters pamphlet is minimal, judges are listed as 'non-partisan'. It's impossible to determine their life philosophy like all other candidates for elected office and their accomplishments not identified.
When the elected judge is tired or wants to advance he retires and it rinse and repeat. Lawyers won't run against a judge for obvious reasons. It is a fixed system as described elsewhere in comments.
The legal system is broken. The political system is broken. The country, in part, is teetering on collapse because of lack of judicial performance and common sense. After all, what is a woman?
I really wanted to work in the joke that I would rather be judged by most bartenders than a judge but then AOC came to mind... Probably says more about our voters/voting system than anything else.
They could allow the victims' families to collect and compel the State to pay, whereupon the Chief Justice or Governor could take action against the judge if it was egregious, like bump him/her down to traffic court, and eventually out the door.
There is only so much space in jail.
Given the high volume of cases, there is a 100% chance a judge is going to release someone that they shouldnβt have.
Thatβs just human fallibility and math.
Great post, & I didn't read all of it.
All judges should be held accountable for their "clemency".
It's not clemency, rather it is abject stupidity!
As a judge, they should all be held accountable, to a subsequent offense.
They let the killer go.
IDGAS about the reasoning...
It's on the judges.
Just my take...
This is why tar and feathers and the guillotine were inventedβ¦
This is tricky constitutionally because the judge is supposed to have no personal stake in the outcome for the accused. Iβm as disgusted as anyone by the judges who bond out dangerous career criminals, but I wonder whether a legislative fix that reduces the judgeβs discretion to grant bond would work better? I know, trying to get legislators to legislate, funny right?!
Thatβs why we need the 2nd Amendment. There will always be criminals.
Soon we'll be forced to exercise our 2nd amendment.
Maddening indeed.
Not funny. Maddening!
Despite the honest responses from the ethically minded attorneys above, and considering the politicization of the judicial branch we have witnessed, some sort of corrective mechanism is now required. What that is, and what form it takes is a matter of debate, however, clearly something must be done and quickly.
As suggested below, everyone should read: https://dejuremedia.substack.com/p/the-qualified-immunity-deception
Judges are the dregs of the legal system. Their arrogance causes them to run for office, and, in many cases, name recognition gets them elected, not their understanding of the law or experience. Locally, a twenty-five-year-old female ran as a municipal judge and was elected based on her family's name and their money. Lawyers hated appearing before her because she had no idea what she was doing.
The murder of Iryna Zarutska was horrifying because we saw it as it happened. If anyone stepped up to help, her life might have been saved. No one did, but lots of people on the train captured it on their phones. It's not just the judges who are worthless; the majority of the people are, too.