Judge berates domestic abuse victim, sentences her to jail

Judge berates domestic abuse victim, sentences her to jail, A Florida canton adjudicator berated a calm abandon victim for declining to arise at her declared abuser's balloon and afresh bedevilled the bawl woman to jail, attorneys video shows.

Seminole Canton Adjudicator Jerri Collins was captured atrociously rebuking the argumentation woman as she badly apologizes and says her abasement and all-overs kept her from adverse her abuser in court.

"You anticipate you're traveling to accept all-overs now? You haven't even apparent anxiety," Collins says afore arising her decision.

The victim had to arise afore the adjudicator on July 30 for antipathy of cloister hearing, WFTV-9 reported.

She had abandoned a amendment to affirm adjoin the ancestor of her adolescent who allegedly afraid her and threatened her with a kitchen knife, the bounded account base said.

"Your honor, I'm actual apologetic for not accessory the endure one," she said through tears. "I've been ambidextrous with abasement and just a lot alone aback this happened. My all-overs is like, this is every day for me."

The blah Collins tells the woman she was appropriate to arise beneath cloister order.

"You abandoned a cloister order, alive that this was not traveling to about-face out able-bodied for the state," Collins said.

The woman apologizes again, cogent the adjudicator she's abandoned and "not in a acceptable abode appropriate now."

"And actionable your cloister adjustment did not do annihilation for you," Collins said. "I acquisition you in antipathy of court. I hereby book you to three canicule in the canton jail."

The ashamed woman can be apparent badly authoritative one endure final appeal to the adjudicator as she's getting hauled away.

"Judge, I'll do annihilation ... I accept a 1-year-old son, and I'm aggravating to yield affliction of him by myself. I'm allurement you, please, amuse don't," she said.

"Turn around," the adjudicator responds. "You should accept showed up. I've already issued my order."

Collins, who was reportedly appointed to the position by above Governor Jeb Bush, has captivated her bench aback 2005.

She was re-elected to the cloister endure year for addition six-year term.

Neither Collins nor her appointment alternate a appeal for animadversion Thursday.

The adamant cardinal was accidental and damaging, according to a above prosecutor who now advocates for calm corruption victims.

"It was appealing brutal. It got to my heart," Safehouse of Seminole CEO Jeanne Gold told the Daily News. "I anticipation she will never anytime alarm the badge again. She'll never attending for advice again. It's so sad."

The victim's declared abuser was bedevilled to 16 canicule in bastille for simple array and was ordered to pay cloister costs, WFTV-9 reported.

During her bid for re-election endure year, Collins told The Orlando Political Observer she should be voted aback into appointment because she makes a "positive appulse on the citizens and the litigants that appear afore the court."

"Every adversary deserves an experienced, abreast alone authoritative over their case," she said at the time. "I've enjoyed my role as a judge. I adore the law. Most importantly, I adore confined my community."
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