Texas judge in beating video says he agreed to 'step aside' (with pay)

[Liberal_in_LA]

Texas judge in beating video says he agreed to 'step aside'


A Texas judge who appeared in an Internet video beating his teenage daughter issued a statement saying he agreed this week to be suspended temporarily with pay, noting there has yet to be a "finding of fault or wrongdoing."

The Supreme Court of Texas, in an order posted online Wednesday, said Judge William Adams "voluntarily agrees to a temporary suspension from office, with pay" and that Adams "does not admit guilt, fault, or wrongdoing" for his actions in the video.

Adams, an Aransas County court judge, released a statement to The Times through his lawyer William Dudley on Wednesday saying the suspension resulted from a joint motion he offered with the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct to deal with fallout from "the dissemination to the public of a family disciplinary event," a reference to the video the commission is investigating.

The statement said Adams agreed to " 'step aside' and allow for a visiting judge to maintain the Aransas County Court of Law daily docket and preside over pending cases."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/11/texas-judge-in-beating-video-says-he-agreed-to-step-aside.html

[noiretextatique]

1. "a family disciplinary event"

this guy is real piece of work. he still refuses to accept responsibility for viciously beating his daughter.

[Ian David]

2. What is the difference between "suspended with pay" and "on paid vacation?" n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. He should be "stepping" into a prison cell for assault & battery and child abuse.