Post by robeiae on Mar 8, 2019 9:52:09 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/us/texas-judge-discliplined-trnd/index.html
To be fair, Robison self-reported his actions, attributing it to mental issues. But then, his doctors argued that his actions were only a temporary thing and all was fine, now. So, I'm kinda leaning towards "idiot who thought the jury would do as he said--because he said it was a message from God--but then realized he was in a boatload of trouble when they refused."
Meanwhile, the defendant is getting a new trial. Her story: www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Report-Wimberley-woman-sold-Honduran-teen-niece-9129162.php
Lovely.
Robison, a district judge in Comal County, Texas, just north of San Antonio, was presiding over Perez's trial in January 2018. According to the Texas Judicial Commission, he walked into the jury room after the jury's deliberations, said he had been praying about the case, and informed the jurors God told him the defendant was innocent.
He asked the jury to reverse its guilty verdict. Jurors declined.
He asked the jury to reverse its guilty verdict. Jurors declined.
Meanwhile, the defendant is getting a new trial. Her story: www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Report-Wimberley-woman-sold-Honduran-teen-niece-9129162.php
Gloria Elizabeth Romero Perez, 31, is accused of paying for her niece to be smuggled into the U.S. from Honduras and selling her to a man, Julio Amilcar Jimenez-Ramirez, 34, who is also behind bars, Comal County Sheriff's Office Detective Anthony Moreno said.
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The teen showed detectives two receipts from payments toward the $6,000 figure dated from Nov. and Oct. last year totaling $1,600.
Jimenez-Ramirez was subsequently arrested on April 1 for harboring a runaway child and was charged with sexual assault of a child and trafficking a child when it was found that the teen was pregnant with Jimenez-Ramirez's child.
Further investigation from the Comal County Sheriff's Office also revealed that the teen's aunt and Jimenez-Ramirez had entered into an informal pen-paper contract that stated the girl would be paid for in $600-$700 payments each month.
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The teen showed detectives two receipts from payments toward the $6,000 figure dated from Nov. and Oct. last year totaling $1,600.
Jimenez-Ramirez was subsequently arrested on April 1 for harboring a runaway child and was charged with sexual assault of a child and trafficking a child when it was found that the teen was pregnant with Jimenez-Ramirez's child.
Further investigation from the Comal County Sheriff's Office also revealed that the teen's aunt and Jimenez-Ramirez had entered into an informal pen-paper contract that stated the girl would be paid for in $600-$700 payments each month.