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(dis)Honorable ABC15 exposes ‘astonishing and horrific’ conduct by judge, staff in major cases
abc15 ^ | Feb. 12, 2022 | Dave Biscobing

Posted on 02/12/2022 7:21:29 AM PST by bgill

Warning: This story contains words and images that are graphic and cruel.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge and her staff mocked and ridiculed people during hearings and trials by routinely emailing each other cruel and obscene statements, jokes, and memes.

The conduct happened in major felony cases, including high-profile capital murders.

Emails and internal records obtained by ABC15 show no one was off-limits: Defendants, their families, jurors, witnesses, attorneys, even other court employees and top court officials.

The judge was Erin O’Brien Otis.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc15.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: democrat; erinobrienotis; judicialmisconduct; otis; shesademocrat; superiorcourtjudge
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1 posted on 02/12/2022 7:21:30 AM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

I suppose whether or not this is a problem depends on which political party the judge is from.


2 posted on 02/12/2022 7:22:56 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

Definitely lacking professionalism but what’s that mean these dayz.


3 posted on 02/12/2022 7:24:22 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: bgill

Cat fight with the public?

Is she a Traitor Roberts Judge?


4 posted on 02/12/2022 7:24:42 AM PST by Paladin2
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Anyone else sick and tired of there radical feminists in power positions?


5 posted on 02/12/2022 7:25:36 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: bgill

The memes and emails mocking people in court aren’t the problem.

The problem is that “Otis and her staff manipulated the judicial performance review process, had daily ex parte communications with defendants, and even held a birthday party for the son of a six-time convicted defendant before his sentencing.”


6 posted on 02/12/2022 7:26:47 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: bgill

7 posted on 02/12/2022 7:27:00 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: bgill

Happens all the time, the type of people judges have to endure is painful.

Unprofessional yes, stupid even, yes. Now go luck under the liberal judge rock if you really want to see mocking and disdain. But we all know the media will never look there, just look at RGB for the example.


8 posted on 02/12/2022 7:28:13 AM PST by Skwor
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To: JonPreston

Wednesday Addams became a Judge?


9 posted on 02/12/2022 7:29:19 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JonPreston
been tired of it for many years ...

the 19th amendment has proven to be a disaster and is the root cause of many of today's problems ... a decade later ...
10 posted on 02/12/2022 7:29:54 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: bgill

I was reading this and noticed a banner for another story - AND NOW I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MR SHOVEY!! I WAS SO WORRIED!

https://news.yahoo.com/woman-escapes-without-serious-injuries-053000171.html

(Woman escapes without serious injuries after flying shovel hits windshield)

You are going to ask: Why a shovel instead of a broom? They’re more comfortable in the long haul. Anyway, Mr Shovey got out of his restraints and has been missing for two whole days. I’m contacting Valley authorities today to see if they will send him back. I hope I don’t have to go get him myself! I’ll have to ride the broom! :\


11 posted on 02/12/2022 7:30:22 AM PST by Scarlett156 (Someone with "comedian" on his social media profile is invariably a self-hating sadistic loser.)
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To: bgill

Note: The pic of that judge is pretty cruel, I have to say.


12 posted on 02/12/2022 7:30:45 AM PST by Scarlett156 (Someone with "comedian" on his social media profile is invariably a self-hating sadistic loser.)
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To: bgill

Ugly inside and out.


13 posted on 02/12/2022 7:30:45 AM PST by utax
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To: Steely Tom

It was hard to find but she is a democrat.

“Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed three new Maricopa County Superior Court judges to fill vacancies created by retirements.

The new judges are civil-practice attorney Michael Blair, a Republican, Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Lang, an independent, and Superior Court Commissioner Erin O’Brien Otis, a Democrat.”

https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/09/27/ducey-appoints-3-new-judges-to-fill-superior-court-vacancies/


14 posted on 02/12/2022 7:31:53 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: bankwalker

god, they’re awful. Bring masculinity back to America.


15 posted on 02/12/2022 7:33:12 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: JonPreston

too much yin ... not enough yang ... LOL


16 posted on 02/12/2022 7:36:21 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: bgill

She looks like she was a good prosecutor and the behavior would have been tolerated at that level.

Promoted beyond her level of competence? Or maybe creative incompetence to get back to what she is good at?


17 posted on 02/12/2022 7:39:41 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Skwor

Courtroom staff are a team who work together closely day in and day out in a stressful environment. Some frivolity is not necessarily a bad thing if it keeps the team from dreading coming in to work in the morning. Coming into court and dealing with a dysfunctional and unhappy staff is never much fun for the lawyers either, though I suspect that this complaint originates from some pompous attorney who didn’t like it when he found out he was being mocked for his pomposity.


18 posted on 02/12/2022 7:42:48 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

though I suspect that this complaint originates from some pompous attorney who didn’t like it when he found out he was being mocked for his pomposity.


Read the article, your will get an answer to your suspicion.


19 posted on 02/12/2022 7:47:45 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: BenLurkin

though I suspect that this complaint originates from some pompous attorney who didn’t like it when he found out he was being mocked for his pomposity.


Read the article, your will get an answer to your suspicion.


20 posted on 02/12/2022 7:47:48 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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