Haven't given out one of these in a while.
Today's winner is Judge Adelina Entrena. She gets the award for the following.
MADRID, Spain: A Spanish judge has been fined €103,000 (US$162,000) and suspended for a year for allowing a man to spend 455 days in prison for a crime of which he was acquitted.The Superior Court ruled the Judge to be at fault. Judges rarely like to find fault in the work of a colleague, even when their misdeeds are blatant. Judge Adelina Entrena deserves to her freedom taken from her for 15 months like she did with Sr. Campoy, since that won't happen I will name her today's Knucklehead of the Day instead.The Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia said in Wednesday's ruling that Judge Adelina Entrena was guilty of grave negligence.
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In the new instance of alleged negligence, defendant Jose Campoy stood trial in December 2005 on charges of purse-snatching and was in preventive detention when Entrena issued an acquittal several days later. But she neglected to notify the jail and it took 15 months for a clerk to detect the error.
Campoy had been notified by mail of his acquittal but has a long history of drug addiction and limited reading skills, the court ruling said.
Entrena blamed the oversight on a backlog of work and insufficient staffing at her courthouse in Motril in the southern province of Granada.
Hat tip- Overlawyered
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And <a href="http://www.ove... (Below threshold)1. Posted by ras | April 15, 2008 4:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And here's a fine candidate for tomorrow's award.
1. Posted by ras | April 15, 2008 4:39 PM |
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Posted on April 15, 2008 16:39
2. Posted by ras | April 15, 2008 4:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
p.s., and off-topic, but I just today posted a q re one of yesterday's posts, here, if any of you lawyers out there are interested. Yes, I know I'm a little late to the game.
2. Posted by ras | April 15, 2008 4:42 PM |
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Posted on April 15, 2008 16:42
3. Posted by Mitchell | April 15, 2008 9:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Look at what the Spanish did to Latin America, and you understand immediately!
3. Posted by Mitchell | April 15, 2008 9:23 PM |
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Posted on April 15, 2008 21:23