Texas Judge Who Beat His Daughter Is Reinstated To Bench
Texas Judge Who Beat His Daughter Is Reinstated To Bench
There was outrage across the nation last November when video of a 2004 beating that a local judge in Texas gave to his 16-year-old daughter went viral.
Within days, Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams was suspended by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
This week, he was reinstated to the bench, the Houston Chronicle reports. The beating occurred too long ago to bring a criminal case against Adams, so that limited the steps the commission could take. But, according to CBS News:
"In its one-page order Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court approved an agreement between Adams and the commission lifting the suspension. As part of the arrangement, Adams waived his right to appeal [a Sept. 6] warning, which is essentially a public reprimand with no other consequences. ... Also, Adams may no longer preside over the physical domestic abuse cases that previously comprised much of his court docket."
He's up for re-election in 2014.
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