Sunday, June 5, 2016

A complaint was filed against the Tenessee judge Rachel Bell who delayed a hearing and kept a man in jail because she was in a hurry to speak to school students

Two weeks ago I wrote about a Tennessee judge who, reportedly,  is habitually coming late to criminal proceedings, and who kept people in jail beyond the allowed time in preliminary detention (while they are presumed innocent, before trial) because she did not have time to do her job - she had school students to meet and talk to.


We'll see if any discipline will be meted out at all - after all, judges in this country can do whatever they like on and off the bench, with rarely any discipline imposed upon them.

I will continue to cover the story.

Stay tuned.


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