Judge Leslie Dutchcot who gave Penn State's accused pedophile Jerry Sandusky bond was a volunteer with Sandusky's "youth" organization

Judge Leslie Dutchcot was urged by prosecutors to set a $1 million bail for Jerry Sandusky, the pathetic excuse for a human being who is alleged to have had sexual relations with a 10 year old in the shower room at Penn State University, an incident that has torpedoed the Universiity's once stellar reputation. But, instead of giving him a $500,000 bond, which might have insured he remained in jail, Judge Dutchcot gave Sandusky a $100,000 bond. Suspects charged with criminal offenses need only post 10 percent of the bond and Sandusky was released. 


But in Sandusky's case, he didn't even need to post 10 percent, because the bond was "unsecured."


Thanks to Judge Dutchcot.



The decision to give Sandusky such a small bond angered many but what is more upsetting is that the Judge worked as a volunteer for Sandusky's youth organization. So why didn't she recuse herself? 


A profile of Judge Dutchcot on the website of the State College law firm Goodall & Yurchak says she volunteers for The Second Mile, a nonprofit organization for troubled youth that Mr. Sandusky founded in 1977. Prosecutors allege that Mr. Sandusky used the organization to make contact with the children he allegedly victimized.



Sandusky is charged with 40 counts related to the sexual abuse of minors.


Here are links to the stories:


Beaver County Times


Pittsburgh Post Gazette

State Farm funds Supreme Court Justice who later voted to overturn judgment against the insurance giant

State Farm was slapped with a billion dollar judgment in a lawsuit that alleged the insurance giant allowed the use of non-original parts in repairing vehicles it insured. It was upheld by the Appellate Court in 2001 but to show you how important this case is, it began in 1997 14 years ago and has been fought vigorously by State Farm Insurance. The $1 billion award included the jury finding of $465 million to the defendants and the judge ruled that State Farm should pay another $730 million, bringing the judgment to more than $1.1 billion.

The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the case in May 2003. In November 2004, a new judge was elected to a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, Lloyd Karmeier. State Farm later claimed to the Illinois Supreme Court they had given Karmeier only $350,000 in campaign contributions but a new lawsuit says that State Farm actually funded Karmeier to the tune of between $2.5 million and $4 million. Karmeier only raised $4.5 million.

In 2005, the ruling by the Appellate Court was overturned. Karmeier was among the judges voting to overturn the ruling against the people even though he was asked to recuse himself from the case. Karmeier was recruited to run for the seat by a State Farm lawyer and lobbyist.

Shame on State Farm. No wonder your premiums are so high, spending millions to get a friendly judge elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in order to impact an important ruling. Karmeier should be forced to step down as a justice.

A lawsuit has been filed to force State Farm to be honest to the public and to review Karmeier's bias.

Read the story in the Tribune by clicking here.
Read the story in the Sun-Times by clicking here.

U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel proves his bias and inability to be fair

U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel is a politician not a judge. He proved that during his reign of bias during the second trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. At every turn, Zagel ruled against Blagojevich and even allowed biased jurors to sit on the jury almost as if he was working for the prosecution.

Zagel is not an objective judge and he should not be on the bench.

Click to read a newspaper story about Blagojevich's lawyers seeking a new trial based in a large part on the unfair tactics and rulings of Judge James Zagel, one of the most biased judges in Cook County.

Click here to read the political profile of Zagel.

It is clear that Blagojevich was denied a fair trial at every turn by Zagel who never seemed to miss an opportunity to rule against the former governor. He's the product of Cook County's tainted judicial balance.

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Broward County Florida Judge Barbara McCarthy - gives rich kid pass in killing of two British businessmen

Broward county judge Barbara McCarthy
Florida

Broward County Florida Judge Barbara McCarthy gave the son of a wealthy businessman two years probation in the killing of two British businessmen, while in another courtroom a man convicted of killing a pedestrian was given 9 years in jail.

Justice by pocketbook for a judge who was re-elected to her appointed position in August 2010.

Here is some background from her web site:

Judge Barbara McCarthy was nominated by the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit judicial Nominating Committee and then appointed a Circuit Court Judge by the Governor in 2009. Prior to her Circuit Court appointment, she served as a General Magistrate since 2003.

But long before Judge McCarthy ever sat on the bench, she was making a difference. She began her career as a social worker and special education teacher -helping children succeed when others gave up on them. Her days of working one-on-one with children and their families helped develop a calm demeanor and patience which have only enhanced her judicial qualifications and made her a better judge.

Here's her web page. Click here to read her web site.

Here is a link to a Recent story on the pass giveto Ryan LeVin in the outrageous pay-to-sway justice. Click here to read the Daily Mail Story.

Cook County Judge Thomas Fecarotta -- Streamwood cop beats driver, gets off with probation

June 1, 2011
COOK COUNTY JUDGE THOMAS FECAROTTA
RATING: Does not deserve to be a judge.

Cook County Judge Thomas Fecarotta released on probation a Streamwood Police officer, James Mandarino, who was convicted of viciously beating and innocent driver he pulled over with his metal, telescopic baton. Mandarino, who was a police officer for more than 15 years, beat Ronald Bell with his baton repeatedly following a traffic stop on March 28, 2010. Mandarino was rightly convicted of aggravated battery and official misconduct. But when it came to sentencing the police officer, Fecarotta gave Mandarino a pass. Mandarino's defense was that he feared that when he pulled Bell over and a passenger Nolan Stalbaum over that day, that Bell was becoming aggressive. Bell was told to exit his SUV, which he did, forced on his knees and Mandarino viciously and brutally assaulted him. All Bell did was raise his arm to ward off the beatings.

The passenger in the vehicle was tasered by Mandarino. Bell was accused of being drunk, but that turned out to be a policeman's lie.

Why was Mandarino released? Is it because of the ethnic identity of the judge and the defendant? Both are Italian.

Was it because Fecarotta is in the judicial system and he sympathizes with police officers, including those who commit crimes?

Mandarino told reporters after winning the release-lottery that he "regretted the incident." But he never apologized to the victim who remains scarred and who received seven stitches on his head.

Fecarotta only convicted Mandarino because the incident was caught on camera. Otherwise, Fecarotta admits he would have let the violent police officer go. "If a picture speaks a thousand words, this video speaks a million," Judge Fecarotta said.

Really judge. This ruling speaks a billion words and hopefully enough votes one day to insure that you never return to the Cook County bench.

Here is the video fo the vicious beating that Judge Fecarotta ruled was not vicious enough to put the police officer, Mandarino, in jail.

Streamwood Police Officer Charged in Police Brutality Case, $50K Bond: MyFoxCHICAGO.com

Click here to watch a FOX TV Story:

Cook County Judge Nicholas Ford: Gives accused crooked, drugged-up racist cop probation

September 2008

COOK COUNTY JUDGE NICHOLAS FORD
Does not deserve to be on the bench


A former Oak Lawn police officer, Steven Harrison, pled guilty to one count of official misconduct and was sentenced to two years probation by Cook County Judge Nicholas Ford on Sept. 2, 2008 after he was accused with more than 30 criminal charges last year for allegedly extorting money from Hispanic and ethnic motorists in the Southwest suburban Chicago community. He was also charged with a felony possession of a controlled substance.

Harrison, 26, was arrested on June 20, 2008 after a Chicago police officer witnessed him trading cash for several packets containing heroin at the 47th block of Lake Street. Harrison was free on $100,000 bond from a prior charge that included 23 counts of official misconduct, five counts of theft by deception and three counts of intimidation for allegedly shaking down Hispanic Motorists during his 16 months as an Oak Lawn police officer.

He was arrested on Nov. 6, 2007 after State Police and the Cook County State's Attorney determined he was threatening Hispanics who worked in Alsip, a suburb just south and east of Oak Lawn. He stopped the motorists and threatened to throw them in jail if they did not have cash.

It took the Oak Lawn police more than one year to finally fire him from the job. Oak Lawn has a history of racist practices against ethnic minorities including Hispanics, African Americans and Arabs.

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Cook County Judge John J. Fleming: releases vicious police brutalizer Anthony Abatte

COOK COUNTY JUDGE JOHN J. FLEMING
Does not deserve to be a judge, should be removed


Chicago Cop Anthony Abbate brutally beats a female bartender

View television report:



Cook County Judge John Fleming was the judge who released Abbate. Read my column on this outrageous ruling by Judge Fleming releasing Anthony Abbate on probation. Click here to read the column.

Abbate was the drunk cop who viciously beat, on video, a young female bartender while his buddy watched. The judge, rather than punishing Abbate, released him on probation. Abbate was convicted of aggravated battery but was given only two years probation back in June 2009.

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