Post by pumpkinpie on Mar 7, 2019 10:38:46 GMT -5
I thought I was supposed to learn about God in religion classes, but he's coming up in abnormal psych like it's suddenly wrong to believe in a higher power. This is the example the professor used to describe as "crazy thought" and I took it offensively.
A Texas judge has received a public warning after asking a jury to keep deliberating over a defendant they convicted because God told him she was innocent.
Romero Perez was charged with continuous sex trafficking and the sale or purchase of a child.
Robison told jurors to continue deliberating after they reached a guilty verdict, saying her conviction would be a misuse of justice. The commission's report shows Robison said, "When God tells me I gotta do something, I gotta do it."
Romero Perez's conviction was later declared a mistrial.
Robison blamed the outburst on a temporary medical condition.
However, the conviction was declared a mistrial in October after a judge found that Robison's rulings were not in accordance with the law and that he made partial comments throughout the trial. She is still awaiting a retrial, court records show.
In his self-report, Robison told the committee he was experiencing memory lapses at the time and was under extreme stress due to treatment for a medical condition and the death of a close friend.
Robison provided letters from two medical professionals that Robison's outburst was caused by a "temporary, episodic medical condition referred to as a 'delirum.'" The professionals said that the issue appears to be resolved and that Robison is not currently experiencing the same impairment.
The public warning is a more severe form of punishment than being privately warned, according to the commission's website, but the action falls short of suspension, which is the most serious disciplinary action the committee can vote on.
Robison denied he ever exhibited prejudice, but did recognize that his involvement with the jury was grounds for misconduct.
Romero Perez was charged with continuous sex trafficking and the sale or purchase of a child.
Robison told jurors to continue deliberating after they reached a guilty verdict, saying her conviction would be a misuse of justice. The commission's report shows Robison said, "When God tells me I gotta do something, I gotta do it."
Romero Perez's conviction was later declared a mistrial.
Robison blamed the outburst on a temporary medical condition.
However, the conviction was declared a mistrial in October after a judge found that Robison's rulings were not in accordance with the law and that he made partial comments throughout the trial. She is still awaiting a retrial, court records show.
In his self-report, Robison told the committee he was experiencing memory lapses at the time and was under extreme stress due to treatment for a medical condition and the death of a close friend.
Robison provided letters from two medical professionals that Robison's outburst was caused by a "temporary, episodic medical condition referred to as a 'delirum.'" The professionals said that the issue appears to be resolved and that Robison is not currently experiencing the same impairment.
The public warning is a more severe form of punishment than being privately warned, according to the commission's website, but the action falls short of suspension, which is the most serious disciplinary action the committee can vote on.
Robison denied he ever exhibited prejudice, but did recognize that his involvement with the jury was grounds for misconduct.
