A stunned Sheboygan County district attorney said Thursday he will seek to appeal Circuit Judge Timothy Van Akkeren's decision overturning a man's conviction for trying to entice a 9-year-old girl into a park shelter to have sex.
Van Akkeren made his ruling just minutes after the jury handed down its guilty verdict Wednesday,
Who is this Judge to overturn a juries decision before the defense has even filed an appeal.
For a Judge he does not seem to have much respect for our system of justice.
There had to be a preliminary hearing where a judge had to think there was sufficient evidence to send the case to a Grand Jury.
There had to be a Grand Jury that thought there was sufficient evidence to send the case to trial.
Then at last there had to be a Jury of the man’s peers who thought that this piece of Offal was guilty of trying to lure this young girl to a place where he could rape her.
This Judge obviously has no respect for our system of justice and believes that he is above the system and he alone can decide guilt or innocence.
He should be removed from the bench and given a mop with which he can clean up the court house. He has made a mess of it.
Dark alley.
Louisville Slugger.
‘nuff said.
I couldn’t agree with you more.
I am beginning to wonder what type of person becomes a judge. Most are former lawyers, so if money is the motivation, then they must have been lousy lawyers because successful lawyers make much more than judges. Maybe it’s laziness. In general, judges have better hours and easier jobs than lawyers.
I am beginning to think a main reason someone becomes a judge is because he/she is the type of person who thinks he is above the law and who thinks he knows better than the rest of us how to run things. Or someone who has an agenda. Or someone who has no discernable skills that would otherwise benefit society. I think these people get their kicks from messing with other people’s lives. (Similar to politicians.)