Comments on: Courtroom Humor?

By: Coffee Makers Guide

Coffee Makers Guide — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:35:10 +0000

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By: theredhead

theredhead — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:46:52 +0000

I just read the article and she was actually in there for TWO days! What the?! I thought for sure that this was going to be in some rural area of South Carolina or Mississippi, not in the Suburbs of Chicago! While I don’t know where Round Lake Park, IL is, I guess they don’t practice freedom of speech (or shirt). Wow, I can’t believe she was jailed for that and I agree with awaken2sun — dismissing her would have probably been the more appropriate action.

By: dangerousideas

dangerousideas — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:10:12 +0000

I read stuff like this all the time where judges act in vindicative, tyrannical and sometimes almost clinically insane ways. Is there no accountability for this type of behavior on a judge’s part? Does the power they wield go to their heads and turn them into petty dictators? Or have they just had to deal with one too many disrespectful low-lifes bringing their attitudes and bs into the courtroom (and I’m talking about some of the lawyers here too)?

On the surface, this judge’s actions seem extreme and inappropriate, but there could be more to the story. Maybe the woman made a scene or gave the judge a lot of guff or refused a request to change the shirt or leave (seems unlikely though, since he could have had the deputies enforce the request)

By: awaken2sun

awaken2sun — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:04:28 +0000

I have had the misfortune of spending some time in court over the past few years as a witness. I have seen how incredibly bureaucratic the entire process is and how, although our “justice” system may be one of the better ones, it’s still incredibly bogged down and difficult to get anything done in a timely manner. People are shuffled to and fro along with prisoners and plaintiffs and I shudder to think of the costs to provide lodging and board for all of the accused while their cases grind through the system.

That being the case, I can’t imagine why a judge would resort to such extreme measures and agree that asking the woman in question to leave the courtroom or turn her shirt inside out would have been the appropriate response. I do believe that the judge should be reprimanded in some way for this.

By: biko

biko — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:43:30 +0000

I once had a client who showed up in court with the slogan “a woman’s place is on my face” written on his T-shirt. Fortunately, I had him put on a hoodie before the judge (female) spotted him.