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Federal prosecutors have agreed to dismiss charges against a Massachusetts judge accused of helping a man who was living in the U.S. illegally evade an immigration enforcement agent
Remember when judges used to uphold the law? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case today. Consider the Massachusetts trial judge who is accused of helping a twice-deported illegal immigrant slip out the back door rather than hand him over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent waiting to arrest him.
She directed the court clerk to disable the court's audio recording device.
As if to prove the old saying “even judges aren’t above the law,” one Massachusetts judge will soon find herself in an unfamiliar courtroom seat: the one reserved for criminal defendants. On Feb. 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston rejected the request of Massachusetts state court Judge Shelley Joseph and her deputy bailiff, Wesley MacGregor, to dismiss the federal criminal indictments against them.
As if to prove the old saying "even judges aren't above the law," one Massachusetts judge will soon find herself in an unfamiliar courtroom seat: the one reserved for criminal defendants.