Woman assaults judge - only gets 120 days in court

b1azers · 2020-12-07T15:08:31+00:00

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015374/Thats-probably-way-light-sentence--Woman-faces-fresh-charges-attacking-judge-family-court.html

A Kentucky woman is facing new charges after attacking a judge on Thursday in family court.

Judge Jennifer Edwards was hearing a domestic violence complaint against Melissa Hardwick filed by her estranged husband.

But the hearing took an unexpected turn when Hardwick was handed a ten day sentence, prompting her to lunge across the bench, and security to rush in.

Surveillance video of the incident shows Hardwick's husband explaining why he filed the order.

Hardwick then interrupts, and refuses to stop talking after the judge warns her she will be held in contempt for disobeying her order to do so.

Judge Edwards then handed out the sentence, prompting the woman to hurl herself over the bench.

Hardwick was taken down by three security officers. Edwards was not hurt in the incident; Hardwick suffered facial scratches.

Court security officer Adam Dodson, who helped to restrain the woman, said he had only seen such an incident occur in training.

He told WLEX: 'I've worked there for three-and-a-half-years and this was the first time anything that serious had happened.'

Hardwick was sentenced 120 days in jail for contempt of court for the incident.

She faces charges of third-degree terroristic threatening, intimidating a participant in the legal process and resisting arrest.

Her bond is set at $25,000.

Judge Edwards ruled after the incident that the domestic violence order filed by Hardwick's husband would remain.

phishyfingers · 2020-12-07T19:28:39+00:00

A 36-year-old Baltimore man who allegedly struck Chief Baltimore Circuit Judge Wanda Heard in the head Wednesday with a metal water pitcher in a downtown courtroom has been charged with assault.

Burroughs was charged subsequently with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and use of a dangerous weapon with the intent to injure, Tapp-Harper said.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-burroughs-charged-20191212-xxdg5orlsjfxlm4yvrx5wdzb3y-story.html

This man threw a water picture at the judge from across the courtroom. It hit the judge in the head. Lucky shot. Now he is being charged with first and second degree assault as well as use of a dangerous weapon.

So the pussy pass might be that this woman leaped across the table to physically harm the judge and got 120 days less early release etc. meanwhile the man gets charged with use of a dangerous weapon, the weapon being a water pitcher... so, I have never seen water pitchers being sold as a self defense weapon alongside a gun, knife, taser or something more suited for fighting. If I had to guess, the court trumped up the charges against the man and downplayed the charge against the woman.

Could that qualify as a pussy pass?

thedevilsadvisor · 2020-12-07T16:19:45+00:00

I love hearing a cop being professional and deliberate. Like "You're just hurting yourself, put your hands behind your back." All calm and nonchalant.

fattyrolo · 2020-12-07T18:30:19+00:00

How someone is allowed that close to the bench is beyond me. Hell, even if it is a small court room, put some tables in front of the bench or something.

BinaryCrunch · 2020-12-07T16:09:22+00:00

"domestic violence complaint" Well no doubt she'll be back in jail in no time but I don't see this as a pussy pass

blankblank · 2020-12-07T15:45:08+00:00

What's the pass here? She got sentenced to big girl jail for nearly half a year. That aint nothing.

Title	Woman assaults judge - only gets 120 days in court
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Date	December 7, 2020 3:08 PM UTC (5 years ago)
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