Posted on 06/29/2002 7:50:10 AM PDT by southern rock
A Tri-State college student who spent two days in jail last week after she dozed off in a courtroom spoke out about her ordeal Thursday.
Danielle Davidson, 22, of Hamilton, Ohio, was jailed in Richmond, Ind.
Davidson, a Miami University student, had driven a friend to the court so he could appear for a preliminary hearing on a drunken driving charge, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Brian Hamrick reported.
After she fell asleep, Judge William Hoelscher ordered her to the front row of the courtroom, where she sat for 45 minutes until Hoelscher finished his docket.
"They handcuffed me and took me to jail," Davidson said. "I cried all the way to jail."
The judge then told Davidson's friend to find another way home. He charged Davidson with contempt of court and sentenced her to 48 hours in jail.
Davidson, who said that she had never been in a courtroom before, said she was exhausted from studying for exams," Hamrick reported.
"There was no warning or anything, it's not like he said, 'Please stay awake,'" Davidson said. "I woke up, they said, 'Come with me please,' and they sat me with the other inmates."
Davidson spent two days in the Wayne County Jail for contempt of court.
Davidson's friend drove her car home after his case was continued for 30 days. She said that she is considering writing a complaint letter to Disciplinary Committee of the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
Hoelscher was away at a conference and wasn't available for comment, Hamrick reported. This is the judge's last term because he lost in last month's primary.
WLWT Eyewitness News 5 and ChannelCincinnati.com will continue to update this story as additional information becomes available.
Complaint? She should "complain" in the form of a huge lawsuit. Too bad she can't sue the judge personally. It would truly be justice if this girl ended up with everything he owned so he could live out his days homeless, eating out of dumpsters.
This is the judge's last term because he lost in last month's primary.
Bitter little jerk. I so hope there is a way the judge could get jail time over this.
Excellent news.
David Stein, "Judging the Judges" advocates a merit system instead of the current political process for judicial selection.
"Our judicial systems are in need of drastic revision.The method by which our judges are selected and the rules by which our judges are to be governed must be completely overhauled. We cannot expect any help from the judges in this process. They are generally too self-satisfied and complacent to see any need for change . . . Nor can we expect help from the bar associations and their 'Uncle Tom' leaders. Many of these are retired judges who see nothing wrong in a system which gave them the staus which permits them to earn fabulous fees as former members of the club. . ."
(Stein at p. vii). "Our courts are filled with desirable laws and undesirable judges. When Chief Justice Warren E. Burger said that the American people are 'nearing the end of their patience with the American machinery of justice,' he was in fact, indicting the judges rather than the court. . . .; it is the ineptness, the laziness, the corruption and the indifference of the judges, which are sabotaging the operation and causing the loss of patience.
". . . the loss of patience is caused by the loss of confidence in the abilities, the motives, the honesty and the ambitions of the judges. Every day, the American people read of corrupt judges, of arrogant judges, of stupid and inhuman judges, of lazy judges and of fickle judges . . ." (Stein at p.2).
These are the actions of a stupid, arrogant man who I am sure believes he embodies "the law"
It is my fondest wish that someone else, with a title and a little authority is as cruel and inhumane to him as he was to this girl over something so minor.
Like, ohhh.. I dunno. A rogue State cop, an airport screener, a game warden, a homeowners association, or one of the license branch wenches. Anyone with a little title or a little power run completely amok would do nicely.
He needs to be taken down a notch or three.
Dolehanty knocks off Hoelscher
Good riddance!
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Like, ohhh.. I dunno. A rogue State cop, an airport screener, a game warden, a homeowners association, or one of the license branch wenches. Anyone with a little title or a little power run completely amok would do nicely.
Would you settle for a contract DEA clerk with access to the NADDIS files at EPIC who can annotate any Richmond area information from informants regarding unknown subjects named *William* or *Bill* involved in narcotics distribution in that area with updated information that the last name that goes with some of those suspects may be *Hoelscher* and that an IRS Grand Audit is indicated. That should make a good wakeup call....
I was kind of hoping the Creator would give him his due at some point.
He hates arrogance and men abusing their authority you know.
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