From the KHOU website comments, which may or may not be true:
Jeannie Birdwell · Abilene Christian University
This judge is out of line, out of control, jaded to his career choice & and an extremely poor example of an authority figure. He jailed my god-daughter the same day for being tardy the prior week. The hard pill to swallow was that she wasnt tardy she was at an ortho appt. & her mother faxed the dr. note to the school. The judges response to my god-daughter when she told him this? “Well your mother should have scheduled appt. after school.” Wow! Really? I didn’t realize it was legal to jail someone for not scheduling medical appts to a judges preference. Not only did he jail her, noone notified her mother she was in jail because technically she’s an adult! So technically she should be able to check herself out of school or hell even drop out of school (which isn’t the case, just making a point) if she wanted. I hope this judge sleeps well at night knowing he made a single mother of 3 ( the kids father was killed in an accident approx. 8 months ago) pay $100.00 to get her daughter out of a locked cell & home safely where she belonged. Nevermind the fact that she missed an entire day of school & exams. The judge said he was going to teach her a lesson & that lesson is this: IF YOU END UP IN THIS MAN’S COURT YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS, YOU ARE GUILTY EVEN IF YOU’RE INNOCENT & YOU WILL MORE THAN LIKELY PAY AN EXTORTION FEE! WAY TO MAKE WILLIS & THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM YOU REPRESENT PROUD!
No compassion, yet verbage that he is exhausted more than from any work he has ever done. I smell some serious personal problems in his life. I wonder if his past coworkers in the police department sensed that something was wrong. And who at the school is processing this crap (if true?)
I, too, live in willis. many of our judges are ex police and justice is way over the top/ I personnally don’t leave at night because they pull you over left and right and the JP, is this guy moriarity.
Far too many judges want to change society to their own template with little reference to enforcing the law.
My other fault is that I believe education should challenge the student’s intellect rather than being boring to teachers and students alike.