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Judge Brim wants job back after insanity acquittal
ABC Local ^ | February 5, 2013 | Paul Meincke

Posted on 02/06/2013 3:13:21 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

February 5, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- In Chicago, Judge Cynthia Brim wants to return to the bench. The Cook County judge was found not guilty by reason of insanity in connection with a shoving incident a involving a sheriff's deputy.

Five times in the last 19 years, Cynthia Brim was hospitalized for treatment of a bipolar-related mental illness, including one instance in which paramedics had to remove her from her Markham courtroom. It's unclear to what extent her superiors were aware of her mental health needs.

The altercation took place at the Daley Center last year, and shortly after that incident she was suspended from her job.

Last fall, she received enough votes to be retained as a judge even though her mental health issues were unknown by the public.

"For whatever mixture of reasons, the judicial review mechanisms fell short in this instance," said Prof. Harold Krent, Kent Law.

"Mental illness is a personal private issue but when you're wearing a robe in court rendering justice, you have awesome power," David Morrison, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, argued, saying voters should have been made aware of her mental health issues before deciding whether she should stay on the bench.

Should judges be held to a different standard when people in all walks of life with mental health issues are able to function normally with medication?

(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; corruption; cynthiabrim; democrats; judge
Oh, and by the way, she has a salary of over $181K/yr. and is Jesse Jackson's niece.
1 posted on 02/06/2013 3:13:31 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

That’s someone right there who shouldn’t have a gun.


2 posted on 02/06/2013 3:15:28 PM PST by DManA (0 ye)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Should judges be held to a different standard when people in all walks of life with mental health issues are able to function normally with medication?

Apparently she doesn't take her medication.

3 posted on 02/06/2013 3:17:11 PM PST by DManA (0 ye)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I have a court order that says I'm insane, so... I should get my job back?

I wish I could say "Only in Chicago".

4 posted on 02/06/2013 3:17:11 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sounds like Supreme Court material. I’m sure she’s already on Obama’s short list.


5 posted on 02/06/2013 3:20:16 PM PST by madprof98
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Judicial tyranny right here.


6 posted on 02/06/2013 3:35:21 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: DManA

I chuckled sadly when I read the part of the article wherein her attorney states that she now recognizes going off of her meds was a mistake.

My mom (RIP) was bipolar, and whenever she was on her meds she knew that was the right thing.

And when she was off her meds, the entire world was just a buzzkill for her, and the meds were (as she said) killing her.

I confess I’m conflicted on this story. Folks shouldn’t lose their jobs due to a medical condition, but at the same time, an off her bipolar meds judge is not someone I’d like to be in court with.


7 posted on 02/06/2013 3:37:42 PM PST by dmz
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To: Menehune56

I knew it.....


8 posted on 02/06/2013 3:39:41 PM PST by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sure. Makes perfect sense.


9 posted on 02/06/2013 3:40:53 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: clintonh8r

Yeah, me too.


10 posted on 02/06/2013 3:44:02 PM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
everybody sentenced by this mutt should file an appeal for her to prove she wasn't depressed at sentencing...
11 posted on 02/06/2013 3:47:48 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

What’s the problem? She’s a perfect fit for Chicago.


12 posted on 02/06/2013 3:50:05 PM PST by MCF
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To: Chode

Exactly.


13 posted on 02/06/2013 4:17:50 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Like Crazy dude!


14 posted on 02/06/2013 4:34:33 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: Chode

“everybody sentenced by this mutt should file an appeal for her to prove she wasn’t depressed at sentencing...”

Who went to jail?? Maybe she figured “jail is so bleak, lonely, depressing and hopeless, and then when you get out you’ve got a record that follows you everywhere...Let him go!”;)


15 posted on 02/06/2013 4:48:32 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: Frank_2001
unfortunately there's prolly more than a little truth in your sarcasm
16 posted on 02/06/2013 5:01:35 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

Why not, the country could use a few more insane judges! After all, what difference does it make? At this point? In time?


17 posted on 02/06/2013 5:08:46 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: clintonh8r

Was there ever any doubt? 0dumb0’s people & Holder’s people once again are the perps. No suprise here!


18 posted on 02/06/2013 7:33:56 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: DManA

People in all walks of life don’t make life and death judgments about OTHER people’s lives. They don’t send them away for years.

No, there are enough problems with judges, we don’t need one sitting on the bench who’s got such big mental issues. She could maybe get a group rate at an institution with her cousin JJJr?


19 posted on 02/06/2013 7:45:35 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Just another proof that the idiots really are running the asylum! What asylum? Oh, the asylum that used to be the greatest nation on Earth, it was called the land of the free and the home of the brave, it is now the land of the stupid and the home of the crazy.


20 posted on 02/07/2013 7:04:09 AM PST by RipSawyer (I was born on Earth, what planet is this?)
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