An Illinois judge who sparked outrage by reversing a man’s rape conviction involving a 16-year-old girl has been removed from the bench after a judicial oversight body found he circumvented the law and engaged in misconduct.
An Illinois judge who sparked outrage by reversing a man’s rape conviction involving a 16-year-old girl has been removed from the bench after a judicial oversight body found he circumvented the law and engaged in misconduct.
It’s a shame they can’t simply reverse the reversal considering it was done illegally. US law is so fucked up and backward.
Given that this judge abused the law and committed crimes to prevent justice for the rapist, the judge should serve both the time for his crimes and for the crimes he prevented justice on. Since he was willing to use his power to illegally prevent justice he takes responsibility for what should have been done to protect our fellow citizens.