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brixton tower
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So they said that that idiot Judge Motata (SP) is going to walk.
What is going on in this country?
The guy was drunk and had an accident. We all know he was drunk.
I dont have a link yet so please be patient.
Technicality? Hopefully he gets fired from the bench.
Look if he was drunk and crashed his car (which I think he was) then he must be brought before a court (which he has been).
The fact that he walks because someone slipped up in following procedure sucks but that is simply something that happens all over the world every day.
What is tells us is that our judges are there to follow the law to the letter and will not simply bend the way the wind is blowing. This is great news for us because it tells us that the law is fair and impartial. You just have to remember that Motata is still a human being and makes mistakes.
And no-one got hurt in this accident so maybe we should put the whole thing in perspective.
The fact that he walks because someone slipped up in following procedure sucks but that is simply something that happens all over the world every day.
What is tells us is that our judges are there to follow the law to the letter and will not simply bend the way the wind is blowing. This is great news for us because it tells us that the law is fair and impartial. You just have to remember that Motata is still a human being and makes mistakes.
And no-one got hurt in this accident so maybe we should put the whole thing in perspective.
brixton tower
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I agree with all of that but the question remains, does he still have the respect of the public and not to mention his peers in the judiciary...I think not.
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I don't think this is right, but what can we do he has been to court and they have decided.
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Ironic then that Motata is a judge.
Your post made me think of our honourable judge Chris Nicholson too - the poster boy for fairness and impartiality...
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They turn down one witness? From the posters above you would think the charges were dropped!
I have not followed the case all that well, but it seems the state does not have solid case, if they have to now pull witnesses out the bag, which tbh should have been there from the get go.
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Another misleading thread title then.
If he keeps his seat on the bench then something is seriously screwed up.
The initial reports say his blood-alc level was 4 times the legal limit. Plus some of the things he said in the recordings are grounds for hate-speech charges.
Although I think the recordings were rendered inadmissable as evidence - dunno, since I wasn't really following the case all that closely.
The initial reports say his blood-alc level was 4 times the legal limit. Plus some of the things he said in the recordings are grounds for hate-speech charges.
Although I think the recordings were rendered inadmissable as evidence - dunno, since I wasn't really following the case all that closely.
