Texas judge interrupts jury, says God told him defendant is not guilty

AustinN4 · Jan 19, 2018

Texas has its share of crazies also. Thank goodness for the jury.

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Texas judge interrupts jury, says God told him defendant is not guilty
By Ryan Autullo, American-Statesman Staff 12:10 p.m Friday, Jan. 19, 2018

"A Comal County judge said God told him to intervene in jury deliberations to sway jurors to return a not guilty verdict in the trial of a Buda woman accused of trafficking a teen girl for sex.

"Judge Jack Robison apologized to jurors for the interruption, but defended his actions by telling them “when God tells me I gotta do something, I gotta do it,” according to the Herald-Zeitung in New Braunfels.

"The jury went against the judge’s wishes, finding Gloria Romero-Perez guilty of continuous trafficking of a person and later sentenced her to 25 years in prison. They found her not guilty of a separate charge of sale or purchase of a child."

More at http://www.statesman.com/news/crime...-defendant-not-guilty/ZRdGbT7xPu7lc6kMMPeWKL/

LOCKHART · Jan 19, 2018

LOL! Sounds like the old judge might have had an uh, "interview" with the defendant in his chambers! Man, this country is goin down hill, like a snowball headed for hell, to paraphrase Mr. Haggard.

Charlie · Jan 19, 2018

The judge needs to step away from that job.

pronstar · Jan 19, 2018

Whisky tango foxtrot...good thing the jury gave that judge the finger.

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V-Tach · Jan 19, 2018

The defendant...

AustinN4 · Jan 19, 2018

V-Tach said:
The defendant...

So??

MTA · Jan 19, 2018

V-Tach said:
The defendant...

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Thanks for sharing her face. We have a right to know who this degenerate is and what she looks like

AustinN4 · Jan 19, 2018

AustinN4 said:
So??

OK, I got it now. I confused the trafficer with the trafficee.

Shady · Jan 19, 2018

Wonder how much cash he was paid to have a visit by God.

BRD@66 · Jan 19, 2018

Maybe this judge used to live at David Koresh's place in Waco.

Moonpie · Jan 19, 2018

A crooked judge? Say it ain't so!

easy rider · Jan 19, 2018

Moonpie said:
A crooked judge? Say it ain't so!

Of course not, judges are right up there with politicians in virtue.

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Coiled · Jan 19, 2018

Charlie said:
The judge needs to step away from that job.

Sorry but, no. The Judge (and I use that term loosely) needs to be removed from the bench, disbarred, and charged with jury tampering. He's clearly lost sight of how our judicial system works and is no longer fit to serve, assuming he ever was.

jrbfishn · Jan 19, 2018

Agreed.

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Vaquero · Jan 19, 2018

OFFascist · Jan 20, 2018

IIRC a judge can overrule a jury and acquit someone (not able to do the reverse though).

If guy is being honest and he truly believes God told him the defendant was innocent then is seems to me he fucked up by not acquitting her himself. In either case he will have some explaining to do to somebody.

mroper · Jan 24, 2018

Yes I thought a Judge could make what was called a directed verdict.
In a jury trial, a directed verdict is an order from the presiding judge to the jury to return a particular verdict. Typically, the judge orders a directed verdict after finding that no reasonable jury could reach a decision to the contrary.
or maybe not in Texas and I watched Law and Order too much

easy rider · Jan 24, 2018

mroper said:
Yes I thought a Judge could make what was called a directed verdict.
In a jury trial, a directed verdict is an order from the presiding judge to the jury to return a particular verdict. Typically, the judge orders a directed verdict after finding that no reasonable jury could reach a decision to the contrary.
or maybe not in Texas and I watched Law and Order too much

Obviously the judge's decision wasn't what the jury's decision was in this case, so it wasn't reasonable.

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