( The world need "calm" right now and this crap has NO place... in a place to help VICTIMS.)
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Ohio judge removed over 'unprecedented misconduct' including courtroom jokes about bribes, strip clubs
Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pinkey Carr was suspended indefinitely
The Ohio Supreme Court
suspended indefinitely and removed from office a Cleveland judge for
alleged "unprecedented misconduct" over a two-year period that included
"blatant and systematic disregard of due process, the law, court orders,
and local rules."
Cleveland Municipal Court
Judge Pinkey Carr, elected to the bench in 2011, "also was repeatedly
dishonest, treated court staff and litigants disrespectfully, abused her
power to issue arrest warrants and find individuals in contempt of
court," according to statement from the Ohio court system.
In
March 2021, Carr was charged with five counts of judicial misconduct.
Carr violated rules governing the appropriate dress, order, and decorum
for courtrooms.
"Her bench was littered with dolls, cups, novelty
items, and junk," according to the Ohio Supreme Court. "She presided
over her courtroom wearing tank tops, T-shirts – some with images or
slogans, spandex shorts, and sneakers. She discussed with her staff and
defendants a television show called "P-Valley" about a fictional
Mississippi strip club."
"She also joked about accepting kickbacks in lieu of fines and having
defendants give her and court staff items such as food, beverages,
carpeting, or storage space in exchange for lenient sentences," the
court added. "The Supreme Court’s opinion concluded that these actions
undermined public confidence in the independence, integrity, and
impartiality of the judiciary."
Of the alleged misconduct, Carr was also accused of ignoring a court order to reschedule cases during to onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Carr continued to preside over her regular docket the next week.
For criminal defendants
who did not appear, she ordered them to be arrested and set bonds
ranging from $2,500 to $10,000. For defendants who were "brave enough,"
according to Carr, to appear in court despite the potential for exposure
to the virus, she waived fines and court costs.
During the disciplinary process, Carr agreed to 583 statements of fact and misconduct stretching across 126 pages.
Among her ethics violations, the judge acknowledged that she often held hearings without a prosecutor
present to avoid complying with the safeguards in state law – such as
the requirements that a judge informs the accused of the nature of the
charge, the identity of the complainant, the right to counsel, and the
effect of different pleas.
The
judge also falsified court journal entries by claiming that the
prosecutor had amended charges or that she had held hearings to
determine a defendant’s ability to pay fines or court costs.
She
also used warrants and incarceration to force the payment of fines,
creating a "modern-day debtors’ prison," resulting in at least five
people spending time in jail.
Danielle
Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime,
police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and
on Twitter: @danimwallace.