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Oklahoma judge who texted throughout murder trial resigns courthousenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courthousenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Oklahoma District Judge Traci Soderstrom has agreed to step down from the bench, five months after a video was released showing her sending hundreds of texts that mocked prosecutors and called the mother of a slain 2-year-old boy "liar, liar" during her testimony.