A Marion County traffic court judge accused of abusing his power will be suspended without pay for 30 days.Superior Court Judge William E. Young was charged with four counts of judicial misconduct in July and reached a "conditional agreement of discipline" with the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications determined that Young issued unnecessarily harsh sentences, was tougher on those who chose to go to trial, gave out a standard sentence to defendants who lost at trial instead of considering the circumstances of their cases, and tried to coerce defendants into pleading guilty, sometimes by making inaccurate comments about the burden of proof.
Young didn't offer a formal response to the charges, but he agreed to the accuracy of certain facts surrounding each charge and to the punishment, according to court documents.
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Marion County Traffic Court Judge to be Suspended 30 Days
30 days is some kind of joke?
ReplyDeleteSuperior Court judge William E. Young should be de-benched, plain and simple.
ReplyDeleteHe sounds like most guardianship judges, just listening to one side.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, guys like this give the entire judiciary a bad name.
ReplyDeleteIf the judicial qualifications committee won't do anything, then the honest judges should.
I'm surprised he's not getting his pay too.
ReplyDeleteGeez.