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Who's out to get Judge Berry?

By Shawn Matlock

Recently, it was alleged that Judge Elizabeth Berry of Criminal District Court 3 had sent an email containing a racially insensitive remark. Allegedly, the email contained the word. You know. I heard the rumor at the courthouse, and dismissed it as just that. But then, I saw the story by NBC 5. Apparently, as the story goes, Judge Berry sent an email to a county employee discussing another employee in which she referred to that employee using the "N" word. Having practiced before Judge Berry, I have the greatest respect for her. I have no idea what happened, but given the inconsistencies I saw in the NBC story, I have my doubts. As it turns out, the email in question contains the date Monday May 2, 2006. The problem there is that May 2, 2006 was a Wednesday...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).