A judge was caught scrolling through Facebook and looking at GIFs while she was overseeing her first trial involving a man accused of beating a 2-year-old to death

Insider via Yahoo ^ | July 22, 2023 | Lloyd Lee

[crusty old prospector]

The devil’s handiwork.

[Jonty30]

Stupid woman.

[BenLurkin]

You know what you call a lawyer with half a brain.

[nwrep]

Millennials. She is only 29.

[Flaming Conservative]

She’s TWENTY NINE?? No person that young should EVER be a judge!

[Jamestown1630]

The Internet is making our young people into zombies.

[Bikkuri]

Judge Traci Soderstrom








YuCK!

[dennisw]

Judge Traci Soderstrom from her official Facebook page. via Traci L. Soderstrom, District Judge, Lincoln and Pottawatomie County

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CHANDLER, Okla. (AP) — A newspaper reports that a new judge in Oklahoma is facing scrutiny after courtroom video showed her scrolling through social media and texting throughout the murder trial for a man accused in the fatal beating of a 2-year-old. Security video obtained by The Oklahoman shows Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom texting or messaging for minutes at a time during jury selection, opening statements and trial testimony. She can also be seen checking Facebook during the trial. She declined comment to the newspaper. The sheriff says that he acted at the request of the Oklahoma Council on Judicial Complaints in providing the state agency with video from the trial.

[CFW]

How can a judge rule on motions by either party in a case when she hasn’t been listening to questions or testimony? How can she know how to instruct the jury before they enter the courtroom? This type of action by a judge can cause a guilty party to go free or an innocent party to be convicted.

She should be removed from the bench, but at a minimum she should be reprimanded and required to attend ethics training for judges.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“facing scrutiny”???

Throw her out and disbar her!

[lee martell]

My Speculation;
Her ringtone? “Ride of the Valkeries”, the famous soprano aria. Better check the volume, Judge. Don’t want to distract your jury.

[Fungi]

No one 29 years old is capable of being a “judge.” She has her morality from the internet.

[Old Grumpy]

“Throw her out and disbar her!”

Agree. She has NO BUSINESS being a judge.

[skr]

Judges tend to know a lot about the case before the trial starts, but that doesn’t excuse her from being unprofessional and discourteous to the court.

[darkangel82]

In some states you have to be a practicing lawyer for 10 years before you can run for judge. I don’t know if Oklahoma has that rule.

[peggybac]

Hobbies: Scrolling and eating.

[Round Earther]

“Millennials. She is only 29.”

She is a mother and a grandmother, and it appears she is 50.

Old enough to know better and will cause the conviction to be tossed.

https://www.soderstromforjudge.com/

[Laslo Fripp]

You forgot to ping Laz.

[usurper]

Wow, now we will have to remove those pesky overhead cameras.