Judge Hides Behind "Judicial
Canons"
Judges find all kinds of hiding
places to keep from being accountable for their actions. The most common shield
is "judicial immunity" which is the most widespread abuse, preventing a judge
from being sued-- even in cases where judicial immunity isn't supposed to apply.
The problem, of course, is that judges rule the roost for redress and judges
determine whether judicial immunity will apply in any case against their brethren. The judicial system is a closed club
for tyrants, where the gavel finally comes down securing the Foreign Power
(usurped government authority) instead of the rights of the People (legitimate
government authority). It is standard operating
procedure.
However, there are rare
exceptions when a judge will order another judge to mete out justice, as in the
Massachusetts case reported below. The trial court judge (ironically,
Patrick Brady-- we have a "Pat Brady" --any relation Pat?) could have
prevented the chaos in the courtroom by ordering the defendant be kept
restrained during the proceedings, as requested by the prosecutor, due to his
history of courtroom violence in the past. But Judge Brady said "No" to the
prosecutor's request, and the result is told. The judge refused to comment on
the matter, citing "judicial canons" as justification to remain silent.
"Judicial Canons" also require judges to be fair and impartial on the bench, but
seldom do judges pay attention to the Canons in that regard. As part of the
Foreign Power, judges can pick and choose if, when, and what standards will
apply to their conduct at any time. Nice, huh?
-Barbie
Chaos in courtroom on rise:
Defendant allegedly slugs elderly juror
By Laurel J. Sweet and Jessica Van
Sack
Monday, May 21, 2022 - Updated: May 22, 2022 12:12 AM EST
In yet another shocking outburst of courtroom
violence, an accused cop shooter allegedly sucker-punched an elderly juror
Friday after a judge refused a prosecutor�s request to keep him shackled.
Defendant Richard Glawson will find out today if the judge has enough compassion
left to declare a mistrial.
�This behavior is
absolutely unacceptable,� Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley railed
yesterday about Glawson�s alleged juror jab. �We will present the matter to the
grand jury this week for possible indictment on juror intimidation charges.�
Sources said Glawson had
to be pulled off the man, who appeared dazed but not seriously injured.
Chaos in Massachusetts
courts, where the officers are unarmed, is becoming almost as common as jury
duty. Court officers had to break up a fight between relatives of a murdered
Braintree mother and a Dorchester man who allegedly violated her restraining
order in Quincy District Court on Friday.
In February, accused
rapist Che Sosa allegedly stabbed his own lawyer with a homemade knife in Dedham
Superior Court and had to have a SWAT team assigned to him at subsequent
appearances.
A year ago, John Gomes
jumped his lawyer in a Suffolk Superior courtroom and had to be pried off his
throat by officers.
�There�s no question the
level of violence in Massachusetts courtrooms has been escalating,� said David
Frank, a former prosecutor who works for Lawyers Weekly. �Things have taken a
turn for the worst in the last 12 months.�
Glawson, 46, a former
contractor, is on trial for a bizarre two-day crimespree in 2001, during which,
Conley�s office charges, he robbed a Roxbury home, started a shootout at the
Chestnut Hill Mall, carjacked a woman, broke into a home, shot a disabled man�s
dog, carjacked two more vehicles and shot a Dedham cop in the hand.
Sources told the Herald
the 16 jurors seated for Glawson�s 2-day-old trial in Suffolk Superior Judge
Patrick F. Brady�s courtroom were just beginning to file past the defendant at
the close of testimony Friday afternoon when Glawson inexplicably lashed out �a
glancing blow� to one, knocking him to the ground.
Because of Glawson�s
violent history, including having flipped over a table in court, prosecutor
Rahsaan Hall wanted him kept under lock and key throughout the trial, but Brady
said no.
Citing judicial canons
that prevent him from speaking about an ongoing case before him, Brady yesterday
declined to comment on the courtroom calamity.
Glawson�s defense
attorney, Joseph Griffin Jr., could not be reached.
State Jury Commissioner
Pamela Wood said she has not noticed any trends emerging regarding juror abuse
in the courtroom.
�These things do happen,
rarely. Thankfully, very, very rarely,� Wood said. But Frank sees the rise in
overall court violence attributable to defendants who want to get the media
attention they perversely crave.
�It�s embarrassing
and it�s shameful,� said attorney and victims rights advocate Wendy Murphy, of
courtroom violence. �There�s very little courtroom safety aside from screening
entrants.� Murphy said the judicial system could do a better job creating �an atmosphere that reflects safety� to prevent courtroom assaults.
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Case continues despite attack: Judge refuses to let courtroom chaos end
in mistrial
By
Laurel J.
Sweet
Tuesday, May 22, 2022 - Updated: 12:41
PM EST
A tough-as-nails judge
yesterday sent a message to courtroom clowns seeking to disrupt their trials,
denying a defendant who cold-cocked a juror a mistrial and instead ordering him
chained to the floor.
�It is becoming
increasingly common for violent� offenders to try to �derail� their trials by
creating chaos, said Suffolk Superior Court Judge Patrick F. Brady. But accused
cop shooter Richard Glawson, 46, would not prevail as a martyr of mayhem.
Though �they saw
everything that transpired� Friday when Glawson laid out a male juror as the
others tried to run or were trapped trembling and weeping, Brady refused to
release the remaining panelists or question them as to whether they could still
decide the case without prejudice.
�The court can only do
so much to provide a fair trial� to a defendant who does something �as extreme
as attacking a juror in open court,� Brady said. �To me, the central issue is
whether the court should allow a defendant to get away with manipulative
behavior.�
Glawson, his hands
chained to his waist and leg irons fastened to the floor, tried telling Brady
that �voices� in his head commanded him to throw the punch.
Brady saved his sympathy
for the juror: a thin, softspoken gray-haired man who confessed yesterday to
feeling �nervous� in Glawson�s presence. The man, whose identity Brady
impounded, was dismissed from duty after judge and juror shook hands.
�I�m very, very sorry it
happened,� Brady told him.
Brady has assigned two
court officers to stand on either side of Glawson for the remainder of his
trial. Glawson, who Brady would not allow to be photographed, faces multiple
charges in connection with a two-day crime spree in 2001 that culminated with
him allegedly shooting and wounding a Dedham police sergeant.
Among recent examples of
disorder in the court he cited, Brady recalled one year ago witnessing a murder
defendant pounce on his attorney and try to choke him.
By not declaring a
mistrial, Glawson�s defense attorney, Joseph Griffin Jr., told Brady he was
risking �a miscarriage of justice� because no matter how he tried to make the
jury feel safe, given what they saw, �I don�t think there are any instructions
the court can give that�s going to cleanse that.�
But one fed-up court
officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, was glad to see Brady draw a line
in the sand.
�It�s getting worse and
worse,� the officer said, blaming latter-day generations who�ve been raised with
no respect for the law.
�I think the
commonwealth has been lucky. Until someone gets hurt very seriously, things
aren�t going to change. And it won�t be a court officer getting hurt. It�ll take
a judge or a district attorney.�
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Mistrial declared in chaos case
By Laurel
J. Sweet
Tuesday, May 22, 2022 - Updated: 12:40
PM EST
After refusing to derail proceedings
one day earlier, a Suffolk Superior Court judge unexpectedly declared a mistrial
today in the case of an accused cop shooter who punched out a juror.
Judge Patrick F. Brady was asked to question jurors in the case today and several said they could not remain partial. The questioning was ordered by the state Supreme Judicial Court following an appeal [an emergency petition] by the defendant�s attorney.
On Friday, Richard
Glawson, 46, laid out a male juror as the others tried to run or were trapped
trembling and weeping.
Yesterday, the judge
ordered Glawson�s hands chained to his waist and leg irons fastened to the
floor.
The one juror who was
assaulted was dismissed and the trial commenced. After today�s mistrial, it will
have to start all over again.
Glawson faces multiple
charges in connection with a two-day crime spree in 2001 that culminated with
him allegedly shooting and wounding a Dedham police sergeant.
Glawson�s attorney,
Joseph Griffin Jr., filed an emergency petition with the SJC asking it to
intervene.
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