GREENBELT, MD (WUSA9) — A dramatic turnaround for a former top judge in Charles County.
Judge Robert Nalley was in a federal courtroom Monday in Greenbelt as a defendant, pleading guilty to depriving a man of his civil rights under color of law.
The former judge betrayed not a hint of emotion as he pleaded guilty to ordering a deputy to send 50,000 volts of electricity coursing through a defendant who was representing himself and refused to be quiet.
Judge Nalley declined to offer any comment after pleading guilty in federal court to a single count of deprivation of rights under color of law.
Victim Delvon King was there to see what he hoped would be justice. “This is a court of law where the law should be upheld.”
King was in Nalley’s Charles County courtroom in July 2014 on gun charges. He’d tried to escape before, so sheriff’s deputies attached what’s called a stun cuff to his ankle. King was representing himself, and he kept talking after the judge twice told him to be quiet. So Judge Nalley told the deputy: “Mr Sheriff, do it… use it.” At that point, the court transcript simply says “DEFENDANT SCREAMS.”
“Excruciating pain then, and a burning sensation,” said King. “It burned the rest of the day. Messed me up mentally.” The shock knocked him to the ground. “I don’t really remember that part. Just next think I know, I’m on the ground.”
The U.S. Attorney says Judge Nalley’s conviction should send a loud and clear message that no one — not even a judge sitting in his own courtroom — is above the law. “It’s not about race. It’s about power. It’s about a judge who abused the power vested in him to order a defendant to be punished essentially before he was convicted of any crime.”
The deputy who delivered that painful jolt to Delvon King has not been disciplined. But he and all the other deputies have since been retrained. And the sheriff’s office says it is now clear that the only person in the courtroom who can decide to trigger the stun cuff is the deputy — not the judge.
Judge Nalley’s lawyer and prosecutors have agreed that one year of probation is an appropriate sentence. But it will ultimately be up to a federal magistrate judge to decide whether the former judge should go to jail.
http://www.wusa9.com/news/former-md-judge-guilty-shocking-civil-rights-violation/51002722
Not only should the judge be jailed (with convicted murderers) but so should the guy who fulfilled the command to electrocute this poor guy.
Its sickening that people don’t know the difference between right and wrong,
and/or don’t have the backbone to JUST SAY NO.
Power corrupts.
TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE.
TRUMP 2016.
“Time to clean house” is right, but what the hell is Trump going to do?
Let’s assume he’s perfectly sincere and honest; how much can he possibly do?
Our problems go way beyond anything that can be fixed by a new president, no matter how hard he tries, and it’s more likely he’s just another shill, telling people what they want to hear, because he wants to be the new billionaire in chief, selling us out to the highest bidder.
The campaign money is chicken feed compared to what they get by selling our resources. Trump just wants in on the latest profit taking scam.
F’ Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who dare come here thumpin’ for Donald Trump!!!??? If you participate in this full-blown fraud, your a traitor!
So one judge has his sadism exposed because he was too bold to be discreet about it, and they make an example of how “not even a judge sitting in his own courtroom — is above the law”.
It’s a crock of schit. One of them was already caught playing with his penis pump during sentencing, so we know they generally enjoy destroying people, unless of course, they’re cops or wetbacks.
Huh, that was a real gig JR? A judge with a penis pump under his robe? It was a joke, right? “I sentence you to 40 lashes with a wet noodle!”
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