I don't see the wife of the daughter-beating judge as blameless.

[LoZoccolo]

[enki23]

1. does anyone?

no, i suppose some do.

[seabeyond]

2. nope. i dont either. nt

[HereSince1628]

3. Agreed, I don't know how taking the strap to the daughter

in solidarity with the father could be seen as blameless.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. accessory to a crime

but I guess Texas is different?

[Matariki]

5. No, but she was in an abusive situation herself

and she got her kids and herself out of the situation. It often takes a lot of courage to get out of a situation like that.

Hallie Adams said her in her interview, "for the entire four years since I've left the marriage, I've been abused and harassed through texts, e-mail Hallie said she told judge William Adams back in June that she would not speak to him again. She said of his response, "he has threatened to file for modification (of their child custody agreement) and take my younger daughter away from me." It seems the judge has not seen the error of his mental abuse on his ex-wife.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. + 1

[HockeyMom]

6. Even if she did not hit or give the strap to her husband

She is still an accomplice because she let it happen and did not try to stop it, or call the police and report it.

I read that he is a Family Court judge. How can he adjudicate child abuse cases when he himself is guilty of abuse?

[Jumping John]

7. So what details are you cognizant of. Many people think they know

more than they do.

Judge William Adams is a control freak. His wife is more than likely a victim also of is sickness.

[lamp_shade]

8. I watched Thomas Roberts interview them. It appeared to me that the mother was only

concerned that she too was a victim. The daughter looked at her mother and the look on her face was like "Mom you selfish bastard".
That was my thought as well.

[Taverner]

9. No, but she has made some form of ammends

More than that D-bag Judge

[madinmaryland]

11. What the fuck are you talking about. Was this supposed to be a response within another

thread?

:wtf:

[TBF]

12. Well I think there is something to the battered wife syndrome -

folks who work in this area think that given the situation (and who knows what he was doing to the wife) that she shouldn't be seen in the same light. I don't know that I can totally excuse her but I would have a different punishment. Judge goes straight to jail (throw away the key), and wife goes to a mental institution for evaluation.

[TBF]

13. Also you are missing the nader thread -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2237451&mesg_id=2237451

I thought you'd want to know. :D

[LoZoccolo]

14. I don't think that I've actually watched any of his speeches since 1996.

[TBF]

15. I seriously doubt we missed much. nt