US judge reassigned after reversing sex assault conviction
An Illinois judge who came under fire after overturning a man's sexual assault conviction has been removed from adjudicating criminal cases.
Last year, Adams County Judge Robert Adrian found Drew Clinton, 18, guilty of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old.
Mr Clinton faced a minimum of four years in prison, but this month Judge Adrian said the 148 days spent in jail by Clinton was "plenty of punishment".
The judge has been assigned to civil cases, the Herald-Whig newspaper said.
Judge Adrian's reversal during a January sentencing hearing drew immediate backlash from advocates for sexual assault survivors and the 16-year-old girl who reported the assault.
"He made me seem like I fought for nothing and that I put my word out there for no reason," the girl told local station WGEM-TV. "I immediately had to leave the courtroom and go to the bathroom. I was crying."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59999099
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Update to the story I posted yesterday. Go to the site and read the last line of the story. It should make you laugh. I certainly did. Short of being thrown off the bench entirely......
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He could become a Supreme Justice. Just ask Brett!"
