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Dancedreamer posted...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/adams-county-judge-robert-adrian-is-reassigned-after-shock-reversal-in-drew-clinton-teen-rape-case

Another corrupt sicko judge who overturned a guilty verdict after victim blaming a rape victim has been reassigned. He should be forced to resign. Republican judge, of course.

That article is from January 2022. I mention that because, while it took entirely too long, consequences did finally arrive last week (which might be why you saw the story pop up again?)

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/23/in-rare-move-illinois-judge-who-reversed-sexual-assault-ruling-is-removed-from-bench/

The Illinois Courts Commission found that he "intentionally circumvented the law to satisfy his personal belief as to what constituted a just sentence, resulting in the reversal of a criminal defendant's conviction." They also found he lied in sworn testimony as part of the Inquiry Board's investigation and of improperly ejected a prosecutor on the basis of liking a social media post that was critical of him.

He's the fourth judge removed by the commission since 2003 (though the article notes others resigned before they reached a conclusion.)

Judge still on the GOP victimization excuse, blaming his removal on a "two-tiered justice system for conservative Republicans in Illinois" and that he was targeted because he's "a known Christian conservative."

And really saying he overturned a guilty verdict after victim blaming a rape victim (unironically using the phrase "female people") is somehow underselling it. He outright stated he knew that if he simply ruled that the sentencing guidelines the law required him to use in the case were unconstitutional (because he didn't want to send the guy to jail), the prosecution could appeal it and would certainly win. So he intentionally found the guy guilty and then vacated his own decision to dismiss the charges and make it appeal-proof.