The defendant may have certainly been guilty and I'm glad he received some punishment. However, everyone is entitled to a fair trial (except Trump of course), and this defendant was not afforded his Constitutional rights. The judge was not paying attention properly to the testimony and it was her duty to do so.
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Oklahoma Judge Who Sent More Than 500 Texts During Murder Trial Resigns
Texting is an addiction.
Her baliff???
I think there is more than a texting relationship going on here.
When I saw the headline, I knew it was a female.
We told a lot of Okie jokes when I lived in Amarillo
Why do birds fly upside over Oklahoma?
It ain’t worth sh*tting on
When you pull over to the roadside in Oklahoma, the cows back up to the fence
Of course, the Okies told similar jokes about us
The game wardens on Lake Texoma pulled Texas boats over if they were on the Oklahoma side of the lake. Had more than one person tell me they would drop a fish hook in your boat and write you a ticket for fishing without a license. I got one when I was watching my friends fish (I was a good way up the bank, but not fishing as I got sick) and the game warden still gave me a ticket.
“...sent more than 500 texts to her bailiff....”
Never shit where you eat.
Court Judges are often those who can’t cut it in a practice.
“ Mr. Martzall was eventually convicted of second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to time served.”
She seems more like an uncaring “Karen” rather than a DEI hire. In any case, a mistrial should have been called and the prosecution AND bench should be heavily sanctioned.
A judge is just a lawyer with too much power.
She looks like she’s done her share of sweating.
This could have been a good Night Court episode if was set in the era of texting. Judge Harry was the wrong sex and size however.
Trump’s judges are worse.
This is such a sin. To not pay attention, while you’re the presiding Judge? That’s just a disgrace. I don’t care if you’re sitting in Traffic Court. But at trial? For the murder of an infant? You think that’s good time to cut-up and make jokes?