JudicialOutrage: 'Rape Victim No Day at the Beach'

[DudeAsInCool]

Judge: Rape Victim Is 'No Day At Beach'

Prosecutors May Ask For Judge To Be Removed

3:54 PM EST January 29, 2004

Prosecutors in Seminole County say they might ask a veteran judge to be removed from a rape case because of comments the judge made about the victim.

Court records indicate Circuit Judge Gene Stephenson made the comment earlier this week while looking at a photograph of the victim. The record quotes the judge as saying, "Why would he want to rape her? She doesn't look like a day at the beach."

Stephenson says he doesn't remember making the comment. But it's in the record.

Suspect Brian Joseph Huffman is charged with beating and raping the woman on New Year's Eve of 2002. He faces life in prison if convicted.

The victim was a 57-year-old woman, who says the judge's comments are "appalling." She says she intends to file a complaint with the Judicial Qualifications Commission, which has the power to recommend that Stephenson be removed from the bench.

http://www.local6.com/news/2802787/detail.html

[Shawn]

ouch

Judges, up until the supreme court, are elected in the States right?

Looks like a good example of people voting because they recognize the name on the ballot.