APRIL 28, 2013
WHY IS IT THAT THIS CERTAIN JUDGE KEEPS POPPING UP
ON DUMB / UNEXPLAINABLE SENTENCES !? .......... LETS A
SEX OFFENDER WALK AND THEN RETIRES !!?? WHAT ....
THEN COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT TO LET A MILLIONAIRE
WALK SCOT FREE AFTER KILLING A MAN ??!! HOLLYWOOD
CAN'T WRITE A STORY BETTER THAN THIS ...........
SEE PAST POST !
ANDERSON — South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal has canceled court sessions from now until the end of the year for Judge James C. Williams, Jr.
According to the order, Toal canceled specific weeks of General Sessions and Common Pleas court in Greenville, Orangeburg, Abbeville, Oconee, Pickens, Calhoun, Georgetown, Cherokee and Spartanburg counties from April 26 though Dec. 13.
Chrissy Adams, Tenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor, said the cancelling of the sessions will be problematic, but just how problematic is not clear at this time.
“This will definitely create a backlog of cases for Oconee County and overcrowding in the Oconee jail,” she said. “It is too early to tell if this will affect Anderson.”
Williams, who abruptly retired from the bench within the last two weeks according to court officials, first took office as a judge in 1998, when he was elected Resident Circuit Judge for the First Judicial Circuit, which covers Orangeburg, Calhoun and Dorchester counties. Prior to that, Williams served as Chief Deputy Solicitor for the First Judicial Circuit in 1993.
Michael Wright, law clerk to Judge Alexander Macaulay, Tenth Circuit judge in Walhalla, said the terms of court that would have been covered by Judge Williams will be reassigned.
“As the chief administrative judge, Macaulay said he’s going to be working with the solicitor, clerks of court and others in Anderson and Oconee counties to ensure the terms of court are covered,” Wright said.
Court sessions for May have already been covered, he said, while those from July to December will be covered soon.
Oconee County Sheriff’s Major Steve Pruitt has been the director of the Oconee County Detention Center for seven years.
Pruitt called the news of Williams’ retirement disturbing.
“My understanding is that they have essentially cancelled the July, August, September and October terms,” he said. “Typically, that is when our inmate population spikes before dropping in November and December.”
As of Thursday, the Oconee County Detention Center’s inmate population was 161, about 40 over capacity, Pruitt said.
He said during the summer court sessions, as many as 15 prisoners are sentenced to state correctional facilities, granted parole or are released.
“Now, I don’t see any alternative other than to hold those prisoners until they find another judge to fill in those terms,” he said.
Pruitt said the 32-year-old jail depends on the normal ebb and flow of the judicial system to keep the inmate population in check.
“We just hope they can find someone to step in during the interim,” he said.
He said he did not believe funds are available to hire additional officers to help maintain order in the swelling population.
“We’re operating under last year’s budget for this year,” he said. “The challenge is that as the population rises you have more assaults and other disturbances. As inmates increase, the classification system is limited. Combined with court cancellations where inmates are not moved, it can cause problems.”
According to the order, Toal canceled specific weeks of General Sessions and Common Pleas court in Greenville, Orangeburg, Abbeville, Oconee, Pickens, Calhoun, Georgetown, Cherokee and Spartanburg counties from April 26 though Dec. 13.
Chrissy Adams, Tenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor, said the cancelling of the sessions will be problematic, but just how problematic is not clear at this time.
“This will definitely create a backlog of cases for Oconee County and overcrowding in the Oconee jail,” she said. “It is too early to tell if this will affect Anderson.”
Williams, who abruptly retired from the bench within the last two weeks according to court officials, first took office as a judge in 1998, when he was elected Resident Circuit Judge for the First Judicial Circuit, which covers Orangeburg, Calhoun and Dorchester counties. Prior to that, Williams served as Chief Deputy Solicitor for the First Judicial Circuit in 1993.
Michael Wright, law clerk to Judge Alexander Macaulay, Tenth Circuit judge in Walhalla, said the terms of court that would have been covered by Judge Williams will be reassigned.
“As the chief administrative judge, Macaulay said he’s going to be working with the solicitor, clerks of court and others in Anderson and Oconee counties to ensure the terms of court are covered,” Wright said.
Court sessions for May have already been covered, he said, while those from July to December will be covered soon.
Oconee County Sheriff’s Major Steve Pruitt has been the director of the Oconee County Detention Center for seven years.
Pruitt called the news of Williams’ retirement disturbing.
“My understanding is that they have essentially cancelled the July, August, September and October terms,” he said. “Typically, that is when our inmate population spikes before dropping in November and December.”
As of Thursday, the Oconee County Detention Center’s inmate population was 161, about 40 over capacity, Pruitt said.
He said during the summer court sessions, as many as 15 prisoners are sentenced to state correctional facilities, granted parole or are released.
“Now, I don’t see any alternative other than to hold those prisoners until they find another judge to fill in those terms,” he said.
Pruitt said the 32-year-old jail depends on the normal ebb and flow of the judicial system to keep the inmate population in check.
“We just hope they can find someone to step in during the interim,” he said.
He said he did not believe funds are available to hire additional officers to help maintain order in the swelling population.
“We’re operating under last year’s budget for this year,” he said. “The challenge is that as the population rises you have more assaults and other disturbances. As inmates increase, the classification system is limited. Combined with court cancellations where inmates are not moved, it can cause problems.”
( GREAT JOB JAMES C. WILLIAMS JR., SCREWED THE CITIZENS
OF S.C. OVER AGAIN .... GOOD JOB MORON !! )
Comments » 9
StupidShouldHurtMore writes:
You may remember Judge James C. Williams Jr, our resident hog farmer-turned-judge, from a number of other famous cases ... such as:
His famous quote calling the Bradshaw/Kern-Fuller case "patently absurd." A case, I might add, that the SC Supreme Court picked up on direct appeal, bypassing the Court of Appeal.
Contrary to the ramblings of Mr. Hollerman, this ISN'T common and there were cases, apparently, that were bumped to have this one heard. OOPS.
. . . or . . .
His presiding over John "My Maserati Goes 185" Ludwig's trial. Yes. He's THAT judge.
. . . or . . . (the worst of the bunch)
Ruling in favor of a sex offender and NOT requiring the sex offender to register AS a sex offender:
WYFF4 - Ludwig Judge Scrutinized After Unrelated Ruling
http://www.wyff4.com/news/21681025/de...
May this man NEVER wear the robes of the court EVER again.
- SSHM
( BUBBA'S COMMENT WAS REMOVED BY THE PAPER .... )
StupidShouldHurtMore writes:
"A sensible decent judge is not popular in today's liberal society."
In the context of this article, and based on his reply, it is safe to assume that:
1.) Bubba approves of a judge that is CLUELESS when it comes to making decisions pertinent to Home Rule.
2.) Bubba approves of a judge that basically lets a man who killed another man with his car to WALK.
3.) Bubba approves of a judge that rules in favor of a sex offender and NOT requiring the sex offender to registers AS a sex offender.
I see nothing sensible or decent in your views on the judiciary.
- SSHM
bigredmachine writes: ( LISTEN TO THIS HEEL ! )
2. Ariel was the one that reduced the charges and allowed him to plea guilty knowing that the attorney for him had a battery of mitigation on sentencing and further victims who did not want him to go to jail. Ariel could have easily tried the case but wussed out. The Judge did nothing out of the ordinary in sentencing that defendant.
3. Whether you like it or not, not everyone is a sex offender. Is a 16 yr old a sex offender when he has sex with his 15 yr old girlfriend? Have you read this order as well, did you read the transcripts, maybe the State did not do its job on this case and the Judge ruled in accordance with the law.
I have practiced before Judge Williams on numerous occasions on both the criminal and civil ends and he was by far the most grounded and reasonable jurist in South Carolina. ( LIAR )
( SO LETTING A MURDERER WALK AND A RAPIST TOO IS OKAY MR. ATTORNEY ?? bigredmachine. JUDGE WILLIAMS JR. MAYBE YOUR HERO. HOWEVER, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THINK OTHERWISE .... IDIOT .... HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU, LIKE JUDGE JAMES C. WILLIAMS JR., TAKEN IN PAY OFFS ??!! )
StupidShouldHurtMore writes:
1. Yes/Yes/Yes.
2. While Ariel did reduce the charges, the glaring omission from your analysis, and if my memory isn't failing me, is the fact that Judge Williams was PULLED from Oconee County (or was it Pickens) to specifically handle this case. Why would such a shuffle be permited, especially noting the case backlog, across the board?
Political? Things that make you go hmmm . . .
Oh, and just so we are crystal clear ... SC Code of Laws, Title 56, Chapter 5, Article 23 CLEARLY enumerates jail time as an option for an individual convicted of reckless homicide. I don't believe the judge opted for that jail time, now did he?
3. Stay on topic, counselor. We are not talking about a 16 year old versus that of a 15 year old. We are talking about a specific court case where the defendent PLED to ABHAN. A plea that should have never have happened. Again, we have a case where the judge opted not to run with the heavier sentencing option. In this specific case, one victim was not served by the justice system. Arguably, many others were not by the judges ruling, or more to the point, the lack thereof.
I would venture to guess your assessment of the former judge and that of our current Chief Justice seem to, well, differ shall we say?
- SSHM
May 1, 2010
GeorgyBland writes:
"A person may not be convicted of a violation of the provisions of this item if he is eighteen years of age or less when he engages in consensual sexual conduct with another person who is at least fourteen years of age."
Here's the link: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c...
So, your scenario of the 16 yr old and the 15 yr old is bogus.
Judge Williams let a a child molester WALK with house arrest and NO registration. People get sex offender registry simply for taking a leak in a bush at a public event. For this offender to get no registration for molestation is unfathomable.
He deserves to be off the bench. Thank God the Chief Judge pulled the plug on whatever other plans he had for his remaining terms of court.