Posted by
Billy on Friday, November 07, 2008 11:37:00 AM
(Below is some good news from Tuesday's election.)
Cheyenne County District Court Judge Kristine Cecava of Sidney, Neb., who touched off a national debate by sentencing a 5-foot-1, 100-pound child molester to probation, has been voted off the bench.
Cecava is the eighth judge to be removed by voters since Nebraska adopted its judicial selection plan in the early 1960s.
She sparked controversy in 2006 when she sentenced Richard Thompson to 10 years of intensive supervised probation and commented that she feared for his safety in prison because of his size.
Court staff said Cecava was presiding over a trial Wednesday and could not be reached for comment.