The Fifth Judicial District in southern Idaho has a new judge on the bench. Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter announced the appointment of attorney Ben Cluff to fill the vacant seat left by Judge Richard Bevan.
DIETRICH, Idaho (AP) — The panel that disciplines judges in Idaho says it will investigate a complaint filed against the judge who sentenced a teen to probation for sexually assaulting a high school football teammate.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Judicial Council says it has not yet received any verified complaints against the judge who sentenced a teen to probation for assaulting a high school football teammate with a coat hanger.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A south-central Idaho judge has ordered a 19-year-old man not to have sex with anyone except the person he's married to as part of his sentencing for statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl.
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — A judge who ordered a canal company to release water from a dam in south-central Idaho so a leaking hydraulic oil line could be repaired has been disqualified from the legal process at the request of the canal company...
Yesterday I reported that Willie Nelson would have to sing just to get out of his pot charges. I also bitched about how the judge was overstepping on this one.
I guess enough people bitched and according to Rolling Stone the judge had this to say:
Judge Becky Dean-Walker told the Associated Press that the idea – presented by Hudspeth County Attorney Kit Bramblett – was just a joke and "it g