If a judge has been convicted of drug charges while sitting on the bench does he have the right to send other?

Question

people to prison and if he can not is there anyone out there that has the guts to do something about it. This is not a joke! if he can not I know someone that needs help.

Ok people this judge has been convicted twice for drugs, not in the town where he's a judge but he has been convicted twice.
What makes me so damn mad is he put my brother in prison for several years ( will get out in 12 years ) for the same thing,
From what I understand everyone in that town is affraid to try to do something, well I'm not I just need to know what I have to do.
I swear our justice system is a joke it's time someone or people start doing something about it!!!!!!

Answer 1

There is a considerable difference between being charged with a crime -- and being convicted of a crime
If a judge is charged with a crime -- under the "innocent until proven guilty" scenario -- he (or she) may still be allowed to serve at court --- but, it is HIGHLY unusual that someone in a position such as this would EVER be allowed to continue to serve at court with a CONVICTION in play !!!
As long as they are sitting ON that bench, though, they do so with FULL authority of the jurisdiction for whom they serve !!!!

Answer 2

Essentially, as long as he is still a judge and still sitting on the bench then he has all the authority of a judge. This means he does have the right to sentence somebody to jail or prison after that person is lawfully convicted of a crime. His having a criminal conviction does not change this.

Depending on the state in which he is a judge there may be many factors involved in determining whether he even could be dismissed from the bench. In some states, some judges serve in positions that are lifetime and they may not be dismissed...period. In some states a judge is not required to be a member of the state bar. It gets pretty complicated. It doesn't change the fact from the previous paragraph.

Answer 3

If the judge was not removed from the bench for violating the law (which is what usually happens), then yes he/she still has the legal authority to require everyone else to obey the law.

You talk about someone having the guts to do something. You're missing the point of the issue. The laws of your state define the punishments. And the code of conduct for judges set a much higher standard. But those rules don't require the judge to be removed from the bench, then that doesn't give anyone else the right to break the law.

Answer 4

Well your question it not clear about "who" are you talking about.

Once a Judge is convicted (for anything) he canNOT work at any court. So in reality there are not ex convicts Judges (at least not in the US).

Answer 5

Sure.