Judge reprimanded after detainee fled the court
BOSTON — Massachusetts’ high court adopted the Commission on Judicial Conduct’s recommendation to impose a sanction of public remand against Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph for creating the appearance of impropriety and failing to comply with the law. The judge failed to adequately explain why she asked to go off the record, or what she said while she was off the record, in proceedings involving a detainee. A court officer helped the detainee escape through a sallyport and, while the judge argues she did not know of this escape plan, it is unclear because she went off the record.
Courthouse News•Brief10 Sept