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Judge Barry M. Cohen of West Palm Beach, FL; moronic loser
The state of Florida presented Barry Michael Cohen with a law license in 1974
The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (FJQC) found Judge Cohen guilty of engaging in misconduct in regards to making the comments below.
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In a verdict, criticized law making marijuana illegal
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Questioned the propriety of minimum sentences for possession of Oxycontin (hillbilly heroin)
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Distributed an editorial questioning the wisdom of laws regarding sex offenders
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Questioned in open court law requiring probation for DUI conviction
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Repeatedly suggested that actions of law enforcement may have been improperly motivated by racial animus
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Opined that the justice system discriminates based upon race and poverty
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In granting suppression of evidence motion, said African-Americans could not feel free to exercise their constitutional rights in Palm Beach County
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Criticized the DA prosecuting a charge of an Unnatural and Lascivious Act involving a 41-year-old man and a 19-year-old man having sex on the beach
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Engaged in a pattern of using his office as a “bully pulpit”
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Violated rules by commenting on qualifications of District Attorney Candidate
As a consequence of his misconduct, the Patron Saints for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Florida Supreme Court punished Barry by gifting him with a complimentary public reprimand.
As we speak (ca. July 2013), Barry continues to sit as a Palm Beach County Judge in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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