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Fairness is what justice really is

By Shawn Matlock

Impartial:  adjective - not partial or biased; fair; just; an impartial judgeThat's the Webster's definition.  Some might say that definition stopped at the door of the 213th District Court of Tarrant County while Judge Bob Gill was presiding, specifically with regard to probation revocation cases.  In May, I told you about a habeas hearing that was held in Judge John McBryde's court in U.S. District Court regarding a mentally ill woman who claimed ineffective assistance of counsel because her court appointed-attorney didn't mention her mental issues during a probation revocation hearing, and I'm using this term rather loosely, in Judge Gill's court.  Judge McBryde found ineffective assistance and overturned the woman's fifteen-year sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on February 22, 2010 (boomark / email).