Judge Leslie Lewis Update: She Will Not Finish Term
Judge Leslie Lewis, who garnered notoriety after a video of her berating a hunter was posted to YouTube, took the week off after Utah voters removed her from the bench in the November 7th elections. Lewis then filed for and was granted a paid administrative leave that allows her to not finish out her term, which ends in January.
This comes after Salt Lake County DA David Yocom said he would ask her to recuse herself from any case involving county attorneys. He feared she may show prejudice toward them since the DA office complained to the Judicial Conduct Committe about Lewis reducing the sentence of a sex offender without notifying prosecutors. Now it is unclear whether the JCC will pursue the investigation over the matter in light of the election results.
I think it would be a shame for Lewis to get off without being reprimanded just because she was voted out. The fact that she will no longer be a judge come January doesn’t change the fact that she was a judge whose conduct was questionable to say the very least.
The thought of this outrages me, as I’m sure it does Utah citizens and you. Do you think she should get off with nothing more than losing her seat at the hand of voters? Or do you think she should have to answer for the accusations against her being brought before the JCC?
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