Baltimore Judge Takes Temporary Suspension By Consent
Baltimore City Circuit Judge Lynn K. Stewart Mays has consented to a five-day suspension without pay for what judicial-conduct investigators called her “sarcastic, embarrassing, demeaning, humiliating and mocking” behavior toward a criminal defendant, his fiancée and a defense attorney in two separate cases.
Maryland’s top court handed down the agreed-upon sanction in an order Tuesday morning. It includes an additional suspension of 25 days, which will be put on hold for now and lifted if Mays’ successfully completes a two-year probationary period with the state Commission on Judicial Disabilities, the Court of Appeals’ Consent Order stated.
The five-day suspension must be completed within 30 days, the order added.
Mays’ attorney, Andrew Jay Graham, said the judge has acknowledged her behavior was inappropriate and it will not be repeated.
I applaud her. If more judges acted like judges instead of mealy mouthed afraid to offend anyone robots and stopped coddling the defendants and the defense lawyers, maybe there wouldn't be so many defendants.
That person is a judge?
ReplyDeleteI don't see the problem!
ReplyDeleteI don't either 6:00. If you ask me, she should get an award and a raise! Criminals need to be called out and humiliated.
ReplyDeleteGet the whole story. She is a racist.
ReplyDeleteI don't see any problem as well and much less any racism as suggested by 7:10. She's Maryland's version of Judge Judy.
ReplyDeleteI applaud her. If more judges acted like judges instead of mealy mouthed afraid to offend anyone robots and stopped coddling the defendants and the defense lawyers, maybe there wouldn't be so many defendants.
ReplyDeleteShe thought that she was Judge Judy for a few moments.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the problem? When do we start rewarding criminals? WTF!!
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