I thought judges are supposed to be wise?

[DJD]

Agreed this is crazy. I'm sure on the same day this happened more then one real criminal was given a break somewhere in that state. Judges are like anyone they have good and bad days, decisions and judgments. In this case he blew it.

[RoadToad]

Turns out the judge did have discretion in the matter, and he has since vacated the order, saying that at the time, he was not fully informed of the details of the case. Now her city rep is working to get her record cleared:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bes...hoang-tran.cnn

[DJD]

I watched the video and it sounds to me like he backed off his decision based upon public opinion and community pressure. Also sounds like he is being given a pass by the Asian community rep since he is talking pretty sweet about the judges "uninformed" ruling.
Imo.....The judge made an unpopular decision and now has the opportunity to make nice.

[SLP]

Thanks for the update. Just didn't seem like he was using the best common sense. But like someone said earlier in this thread, judges have good and bad days too. Of course their bad days have a little more impact on other peoples lives then most other peoples do.

[RoadToad]

That's right, and for that reason, I hope her record gets cleared.