Probe after Judge pulls out a gun in court and tells sex attack VICTIM she's "killing her case."

Daily Mail ^ | February 27, 2012 | Paul Thompson

[Teotwawki]

A North Georgia judge stunned a courtroom after he pulled out a gun during a rape case to criticise a witness for not being cooperative. Judge David Barrett told the female witness she was ‘killing her case’ and that she might as well shoot her lawyer. As he made the statement he pretended to offer her his handgun before prosecutor Jeff Langley told him the gesture was inappropriate.

[Teotwawki]

BTW, a Sheriff's deputy was accused of the rape and assault.

It's scary that we have so many dangerous nut jobs in positions of power over citizens, in this case both the judge and the Sheriff's deputy.

[Ronin]

Well, the judge certainly killed that trial. I don’t know anything about the case in particular, but even if they had full sound video and close-ups of the perp doing the dirty deed, any conviction would be thrown out on appeal.

The prosecutor might as well move to dismiss. He has zero chance of getting a conviction now.

[donna]

Maybe the judge was right. Aren’t we all tired of the games played out in the courts?

[ansel12]

My step dad packed a 357 as a judge, but he never pulled it in the courtroom as a visual prop.

[MrEdd]

Lawyers: can't live with ‘em, can't just shoot ‘em.
Unless, of course, the judge hands you a pistol in the courtroom.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ought to save the appellates time and just call it a mistrial now.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’m really surprised he didn’t shoot her just to make the point stick. He obviously didn’t learn the rules for gun safety when he was younger.

[Jeff Chandler]

One of these?

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[HiTech RedNeck]

Perhaps this was a “consensual” tryst after all and she got mad at the accused afterwards. But if this was on the level maybe she should have accepted the gun and shot the perp.

[bigbob]

Maybe he just idolizes Judge Roy Bean:

[muir_redwoods]

Cops get to shoot the family dog; judges get to shoot lawyers. RHIP

[GeronL]

At least he wasn’t a Muslim who lets the perp walk