Local News: Jackass Unbenched
Base10 is happy to report that Justice Laura Blackburne, the disgrace of a judge in Queens, will soon be seeking new employment. Blackburne was removed from the bench for helping a robbery suspect escape from a police detective in her courtroom. This is not the first time that Blackburne, a known cop-hater, has been involved in a controversy with law enforcement. In a very controversial 2002 ruling, she dismissed a case against a defendent who shot a police officer on speedy trial grounds. Her decision in that case was overturned.

Finally a little justice. Laura Blackburne is a blatant political hack who had no business on the bench. She is a great example of why the kind of one-party patronage system we have in NYC results in corrupt and incompetent government.

By the way, a lawyer gets disbarred. Does a judge get disrobed? In the interest of good taste, let's hope we don't see that.
- posted by Base10 @ 10:05 AM