Kentucky man learns the hard way not to call judge racial slur

[47of74]

A Kentucky man learned the hard way it's not really a good idea to call a judge a racial slur in court.

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A day after Jefferson Circuit Juge Olu Stevens sentenced a defendant to 60 days in jail for contempt, for shouting a racial slur as he was being taken into custody, Stevens reduced the sentence to one day when the defendant apologized.

Adam Satterly, whose bond Stevens had just revoked on several methamphetamine charges, shouted “punk a-- n---er,” as he was being removed from the courtroom Monday, a video shows.

The defendant claimed Monday he was talking to his brother, not the judge, and that the slur wasn’t aimed at Stevens. “No, no, no, I didn’t mean it like that," he said.

“Well I’ll tell you what. I’m going to hold you in contempt of court for having said that," Stevens said. "And you don’t speak those words in here. And that word particularly. You don’t use that word."

 

 

[Mrsaztx]

There was a video going around Facebook a while back of some girl trying to act glib and cute her way out of a sentence, the judge gave her more than she thought she deserved, because she was being a twit, and when she walked away she made some remark and he had her come back and increased her sentence again. One would think a person would have the good sense to not be snarky to the person deciding their fate

[47of74]

2 hours ago, Mrsaztx said:

There was a video going around Facebook a while back of some girl trying to act glib and cute her way out of a sentence, the judge gave her more than she thought she deserved, because she was being a twit, and when she walked away she made some remark and he had her come back and increased her sentence again. One would think a person would have the good sense to not be snarky to the person deciding their fate

I just wish that idiot judge in Texas had been like this instead of letting that Affluenza pile of feces off the hook.

[Howl]

8 hours ago, 47of74 said:

I just wish that idiot judge in Texas had been like this instead of letting that Affluenza pile of feces off the hook.

That judge has retired, but not sure if it was a result of the fallout from the Ethan Couch sentence.  Regardless of what she did in her career as a jurist, the Ethan Couch case is what she'll be known for. 

[TXGirlInAMaterialWorld]

I remember one case where a woman showed up dressed like she was going out for a night of hard partying and the judge got upset.  The girl was completely shocked and said she wore that same outfit to a wedding!  I was laughing so hard.  

[Four is Enough]

This is off topic, but I remember being in court (awaiting a juvie thing with a kid) when a case came up involving a young girl and theft. Girl pled not guilty, etc... until the plaintiff mentioned to the judge that the girl had on the shoes that were part of the stolen goods! If you ever need entertainment, just spend a morning watching juvenile cases.

[LadyCrow1313]

Sometimes I thank the Gods for derpy people.

[Imagine20]

I used to mediate small claims while I was in law school so I would hang out in court a day or two per week and I'd hop around from room to room if I wasn't needed , and some of the theatrics I witnessed are truly some of the best free entertainment I've had in my life.

[47of74]

On 1/6/2016 at 4:17 PM, Imagine20 said:

I used to mediate small claims while I was in law school so I would hang out in court a day or two per week and I'd hop around from room to room if I wasn't needed , and some of the theatrics I witnessed are truly some of the best free entertainment I've had in my life.

I seem to recall the local newspaper did an article about a retiring district court judge one time who remarked that whenever he thought he had seen it all in court something happened to prove otherwise.  Yeah there was plenty of tense and sad moments in court, but said there had been a few humorous things happen in court too over the years.

On a more serious note another thing that came to mind was one time back in 2010 after a murder trial ended in a conviction the deputies were taking the guy out of court and walked him right past the prosecutor who was standing outside the courtroom talking with the victim's family.  The convict saw his chance and hit the prosecutor in the head.  The prosecutor wasn't seriously injured and the convict bought himself another five years with that genius move.  The judge said he hadn't seen anything like that in the 25 years he'd been on the bench.

[OldFadedStar]

Geez, you would think people would know how to just bite their tongue and not dig themselves into a greater hole..