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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge Who Said 'the Left' Tried to 'Cancel' Him After Rape Conviction Reversal Wins Reelection
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-said-left-tried-cancel-173500545.htmlIn an October 2021 bench trial, Adrian found Drew Clinton guilty of one count of criminal sexual assault for raping Cameron Vaughan at a party in Quincy, Illinois, in May 2021. (A bench trial does not involve a jury.) At the January 2022 sentencing hearing, Adrian reversed that conviction because the mandatory minimum was four years in prison, and he said Clinton had no prior record and had served nearly five months in county jail. For what happened in this case, that is plenty of punishment, Adrian said. He also blamed Clintons parents for permitting the drunken party, saying They allow 16-year-olds to bring liquor to a party. They provide liquor to underage people, and you wonder how these things happen.
Megan Duesterhaus, the CEO of The Quincy Area Network Against Domestic Abuse (Quanada), told Jezebel in a statement that the group was disappointed that Adrian won the vote but encouraged by the number of people who voted against him, especially in Adams County, where the trial took place. (Adrian actually lost the county with about 49 percent yes and 51 percent no.)
Duesterhaus pointed to the states judicial review board as another mechanism to hold judges accountable. Survivors are entitled to a criminal justice system in which they can place their trust from the beginning to the end. In the Clinton case, the police, sexual assault nurse examiners, crime lab analysts, and the prosecutors demonstrated that these parts of the legal system in Adams County, Illinois, are worthy of that trust, Duesterhaus said. Judge Adrians ruling in this case was a betrayal of that trust. It is incumbent on the judiciary to take actions that can restore survivors confidence in the entirety of the process.
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I want to make one thing perfectly clear. I will never sentence an innocent person to the Department of Corrections. Its never going to happen, Adrian said, according to Muddy River News. I dont care how much the left criticizes me. I dont care how much the left lies about me. I dont care how much they try to cancel me, which is what they are doing now. Im going to do exactly what the law says. Drew Clinton was not guilty of the offenses he was charged with. Thats what the law showed. Thats what the evidence showed.
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Judge Who Said 'the Left' Tried to 'Cancel' Him After Rape Conviction Reversal Wins Reelection (Original Post)
Carlitos Brigante
Nov 2022
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And this creature is supposed to be a judge. I bet he taught that underage "slut"
Carlitos Brigante
Nov 2022
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Initech
(100,107 posts)1. These people are fucking deranged.
Like they keep using "the left" as some sort of catch-all boogeyman the same way Hitler did in the 30s. Seriously scary shit.
Also too, fuck everyone who voted for this guy.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,505 posts)3. And this creature is supposed to be a judge. I bet he taught that underage "slut"
a lesson.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)2. If he "wasn't guilty," why did YOU find him guilty, dipshit?
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)4. Judge Adrian supports rapists