Reply #11: Here's Another Judge John ONION Intervention (helps wife-batterers) [View All]

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So in the previous link http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2121946 we find Judge ONION refusing to rule on admitting incriminating tapes against Kay Bailey HUTCHINSON, thusly suspending the heart of EARLE's case. EARLE then chose not to proceed with the case, hoping to do so again in another venue. But Judge ONION convened the trial and DIRECTED the jury to find Miss Kay Not Guilty.

Here we find Judge ONION as a retired Appeals judge sending a Dem, female judge to jail for her being just TOO victim-oriented (battered women).

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http://www.now.org/nnt/11-95/reed.html

Texas Judge Resigns Citing Political Harassment

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by Guest Writers Jena Recer and Penny Anderson
NOW activists greeted Judge Bonnie Reed upon her release from jail.
.... During her 10 years on the bench, Judge Reed developed a reputation for being tough on batterers in domestic violence cases. She had a loyal group of supporters, primarily among women's groups, who understand the toll that domestic violence takes on women and their children. ....

Reed's legal problems began Feb. 17, when she denied a request by Texas Rep. John Longoria for a legislative continuance. Texas law mandates that an attorney legislator is entitled to a continuance of all cases set while the legislature is in session. ....

On Saturday, Feb. 18, the jury returned a guilty verdict and Longoria asked the appeals court to hold Judge Reed in contempt. The court appointed retired Court of Criminal Appeals Judge John Onion to hold a special fact-finding hearing Mar. 17. At the hearing Judge Reed testified that she continued with the trial because she believed the victim would be in danger if the trial were to be postponed.

On April 11, the appeals court found Judge Reed in criminal contempt of court and assessed a 30-day jail sentence. Judge Reed was taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs and escorted to the Bexar County Jail.

Judge Reed was released after serving 13 days of her sentence and immediately went back to work. However, her foes were not content to let the matter rest. Longoria -- who has been at odds with Reed for years over abortion rights because he often represents Operation Rescue members charged with trespassing at clinics -- filed a complaint against her with the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. ....

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