We need judicial accountability now.
Federal judges, protected by life tenure, can mistreat people in their courtrooms, including spectators, with near impunity and little fear of meaningful punishment. That is just whatin San Diego, when senior Federal District Judge Roger Benitez committed what can only be described as a blatant act of child abuse.
When Mario Puente brought his 13-year-old daughter to Benitez’s courtroom, he hoped that her visible support might help him persuade the judge that he was committed to turning his life around, rather than returning him to prison for violating his parole on drug charges. Benitez, a George W. Bush appointee, was indeed moved by the girl’s presence, but in a stunningly inhumane direction.
“It’s a reoccurring cycle. It’s a revolving door,” he told Benitez, adding that he could avoid bad company only by moving away from San Diego, “leaving what I know, leaving everybody I know.”Fatefully, Puente then made a reference to his daughter, meant only to emphasize his commitment to relocation. She is “following the same footsteps as I am right now,” he said.
“Put the cuffs on her,” the judge instructed the marshal, who evidently complied without protesting, cuffing the crying child behind her back.Benitez told the marshal to place the girl in the jury box, and finally released her from the restraints after“How did you like the way those cuffs felt on you?” the judge demanded.“How did you like sitting up there?” Benitez asked.“Good. That was the message I was hoping to get to you,” Benitez told her.
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