J.A.I.L. News Journal
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Los Angeles, California January 24, 2023 ______________________________________________________
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The Editorial That Caught a
Judge's Eye
This is a follow up to our recent JNJ of
January 21st titled "Judge Says That If People Cared, The Judiciary Would Shape
Up" written by a Virginia JAILer, Craig Burkholder, [email protected].
Craig
said he would send us a copy of the editorial he wrote, and by popular demand,
we send it to all of you. First, here's a lead-in from the previous JNJ,
followed by Craig's email to us forwarding the editorial.
Well, today
they printed my letter to the editor! I was
doing a painting job for a gentlemen today, and when I arrived at his house this
morning, he met me with a smile and said "I read your letter in the editorial
section today. It was very interesting."
Then he said to me "Do you know what I do for a living?" I replied that I
didn't, and then he said it: "I'm a judge."
Ron & Barbie,
I have had overwhelming response to the editorial I
wrote. Would you kindly mass-mail it to all the people as many have requested
copies. I apologize for the quality, but I had to do alot of cutting &
pasting since it was split at the top and bottom of the newspaper page. [We retyped it for
clarity]
Craig Burkholder
Smithfield, Virginia
all rights reserved without prejudice
Judging the
judges
Forget still-shot red-light cameras on the
streets. I'd rather see video cameras put to good use and placed in our
courtrooms, where judges themselves routinely violate the law.
What the public would see would horrify
them, and judges and lawyers would fight no end to keep this from
happening.
Take, for example, the recent dismissal of
sex solicitation charges against a sheriff's deputy (who pleaded guilty to the
charges no less!) by Circuit Judge Thomas Shadrick. Do you think for one second
that a judge would have made that kind of concession for an ordinary
citizen? I think we all know better.
This is why Virginia needs legislation like
the J.A.I.L. Initiative that will be on the November 2006 ballot in South
Dakota. Such legislation would hold judges accountable for violating the law and
other judicial misconduct, and pull them from under the auspices of "judicial
immunity" which is a farce.
If you put those cameras in a courtroom,
you'd see a lot of judges straighten up quickly.
Craig
Burkholder
Smithfield VA.