I worked for a law firm and one of the attorneys was arrested/convicted for insider trading. He got 12 years because as "the keeper of the keys" he was more guilty than the people he was passing information to.
When the guilty are sanctioned,great. That's the way a just government, ruled by law, not men,or women, perverting the system,and the people they represent... John Doe-vs-the people. The elected have attacked the people they work for, our Country is headed down a dangerous path. The laws should work, equally for all. Case over turned!!! BS... Responsible party should be eye,for an eye, life,for a life. However,when you have innocent people in prison due too prosecutor/police/and court misconduct, I buy rounds of shots for cops getting shot sitting in their car eating a hamburger. If qualified immunity was eliminated,and not just civil, but also criminal sanctions, were held on these government agents of tryanny the court of appeals wouldn't need to exist... Now,the American people were given the tools, first the pen,then the sword, with the 1st,and 2nd, Amendment to the US Const. Doing so acknowledging the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants, occasionally. The best and brightest don't work in no county superior court.
LOL....Yes, I told this to my ex the day we left court "If you told the truth during our marriage you wouldn't have had to remember anything." To which he asked, "Who said that?" Of course said, "Apparently someone you've never either remembered or read about, Mark Twain."
@@holiday-td6hx My late father was a pastor and I was brought up to always tell the truth, even if I got my butt smacked. He is gone now and I am in my 60's and live that training still.
I find it amusing that locally all judgeships on the ballot run unopposed, and mysteriously, all of a sudden they list themselves as receiving campaign funding as overnight politically "independents" . Arsses of the first caliber.
@@deconteesawyer5758 I don't know about where you live, but where I am (Oregon), it's typically done like this: Judge wants to retire. Judge retires in the middle of their term, explicitly, so that governor of same political party can appoint a replacement. Replacement comes up on the next ballot as incumbent. People automatically vote for the incumbent judge because every judge looks and sounds the same in the voter's pamphlet, if they bother to put anything there at all. Pretty sure similar tactics are used anywhere that has a single party running everything that matters. It's "just us" who decides who's going to run the courts, you see.
What is sad is it took her getting caught breaking a law before she was removed. There should be a process to remove bad judges when they consistently behave in a way unfitting to the bench and not have to get to the point of a crime.
Really, and who is in charge of that? What if the rulings are more liberal or conservative than the person / people making those decisions, but still within legal boundaries? By waiting for actual crimes, you insure that political or philosophical differences aren't the main deciding factors.
@@chipinnc ,,, many complaints were about her IMPROPER BEHAVIOR, and how she treated people in her courtroom...other complaints were about her IMPROPER RELATIONSHIPS with certain other officers of the court. Judges should not hear cases involving people who are related by marriage or blood, or close friends, or business. these were not complaints on her RULINGS per se. Example.. there is a County Judge who routinely rules on cases involving her son. Amazingly, cases against him are dismissed with prejudice, cases for him are ruled in his favor. (She remarried after his birth, so names are not the same..to protect the guilty 🤣)
@@chipinnc I know, right? Or a crystal ball.....A crystal ball would solve everything. Somebody should pass a law requiring the use of crystal balls. Know what? Joe Biden has a crystal ball. He knew I'd be happy with 1400 bucks right now....simply amazing, I know!
Washington DC no longer exists. Go to google maps and check it out for yourself. Only 'Washington' comes up. The DC is no longer there, probably because the government just went bankrupt on the Municipal level.
I was driving and the Lehto’s Law popped up on the Lock Screen. I saw the title, laughed out loud, and said “Theresa Brennan”. Nothing can bring Steve down today 😂
State Bar Panel: "We see you have a felony conviction. Was it for theft or dishonest behavior?" Applicant: "Oh no, I was very honest. I confessed to the murder."
State Bar Panel: "At this point, we have decided that you would be more suited as a Law Enforcement Officer. Frazier v. Cupp, in a 1969 Supreme Court case, will give you permission to lie to secure many if not most convictions, while Qualified Immunity will protect you from whatever else that you do."
"things adults do behind closed doors when they love each other very much" Steve always had a way of explaining things in a way I could understand them. 😆
@@mikepalmer2219 , it is not an opinion, it is a fact, and make their death publicly televised just to further drive the point home to the next would be corrupt politicians.
I understand why you would say this and in the past I have thought the same thing myself, but I think that our society would then have troubles finding people to be judges and cops.
@@cavscout7113 maybe, but they should at least have equal penalty as the rest of us not the double standard they currently enjoy which is exactly where the sentiment comes from.
What a horrible individual. And to think that she got away with this behaviour for SO MANY years, AND she got a plea deal that let her avoid most of the charges. What a disgrace to the entire judicial system. They should all hang their heads in shame.
Remember when my father was getting interviewed by the Lord Chancellor to be a judge in the UK, the last question was 'is there anything we're not aware of you or your family has done that may embarrass us in future years if appointed? ' 😮
The Appellate, & Supreme court justices have allot more honor and deserve the title. If the judges on the Superior Court level were held accountable for the ex parte communications with the da, and prospectors in lieu of qualified immunity, the need for the appellate court would be cut in half. The judges in your local court are in bed with the officers regularly.
Exactly, I did my college internship in the probation office. The head of the agency went to see a local judge first thing in the morning and the judge had a full glass with what the probation officer though was water and he accidentally knocked it over and it was straight vodka.
This kind of thing doesn't surprise me these days but it does bring to mind one question. Can individuals who incurred extra expense, legal or otherwise, or were deemed wrongfully convicted hold her civilly responsible taking her to court to recover costs and damages for her wrongdoing?
I'm sure they can; They just wont get anything...From HER! It's the county/city that's responsible( Being an attorney, they cant claim "Qualified Immunity"...)
She was in charge of deciding over peoples lives and all she got for being dirty is 6 months they should be held to higher standards which means she should be sentenced harder. What a joke. Dirty judge gets a slap what else would you expect from courts nowdays. The law is a sham.
@Guisseppe Imbriago maybe it's time they sue the Sheriff's wife since she's in on it and doesn't have the immunity that her thieving husband does. Wink Wink! Lol fight fire with flame throwers filled with jet fuel!
ALL of them are immediate grounds for a retrial...I imagine the DA/AG are getting bombarded with motions, as I type this...Every case will need to be checked/re-checked for potential ex-culpable evidence, not provided to the defense at the original trial...Witnesses gone/deceased; Evidence destroyed...
"Things adults do behind closed doors, when they love each other very much." I've done things like that. In the words of Tina Turner...What's love got to do with it?
As soon as I read the thumbnail of this video Steve I knew who it was immediately. Lol. I remember your videos about this Judge vividly from Brighton and your horror stories about her. And she lived up too her reputation when she was convicted in the Courtroom for the 6mo. She actually made officer's drag her out physically to jail. After watching your video's I thought that was fitting for her. Lol. Enjoy your day Steve. A fan from Traverse city.
I'v got family in Brighton (Livingston Co.). I'm sure they'll be ecstatic that they can once again hire Steve Lehto for all the horrible lemons they seem to want to buy....
Hey Steve. Been watching you forever. I've been a paralegal or legal administrator for over 30 years. Many of your storys ring a bell as I watch. I'm also a car guy so you are the best of both worlds. BTW I've seen videos of that judge and man was she bad. No idea how she kept the bench so long. Keep it up my friend. God Speed.
New text on the Thumbnails, Love it! Easy to read topics! Top notch videos as always, and what a great topic! Glad she's going to be prevented from ruining more lives.
Thank you, that answered a big mystery about how obviously corrupt persons are kept in the system by those they favour. Who keeps the Bar Associations clean and tidy then?
Judges have too much power. If this judge hadn't gone so far, she would still be abusing everyone in the court and nobody could even talk back without being held in contempt.
It is amazing to me what judges and attorneys get away with. I have seen many attorneys and judges convicted of crimes and continuing to retain their license and practice. I am a CPA. We can lose our license if the Board decides that something you did was discreditable to the profession. You don’t have to have broken a law, violated ethics, or performed a substandard engagement.
Ha! Is it not an unfair advantage for the Michigan ballot to list "Honorable" in front of an incumbent's name? Ms. Brennen would be welcome here in Alabama provided she paid the fee to apply for her law license. The State Bar here in Alabama will accept any mangey stray dog. Getting elected to the bench would require a lot more...favoritism. Several years ago there was an attorney who was using his clients credit cards to pay his office bills, buy personal meals, etc. His law clerk who was a law student at the time reported him to the bar association. While the attorney was being investigated he made an effort to have his law clerk committed to a mental institution. The attorney's effort failed and his law license was suspended for 6 months. In the meantime his law clerk graduated from law school and passed the bar exam. As a condition for the reinstatement of the offending attorney, the ex-law clerk, now attorney, had to publish an apology to the attorney who had tried to have him committed in the newspaper! C'mon down!
Judge Herman Campbell was a Judge in Shelby Township Michigan. There was a political fund raiser going on and I noticed he was in attendance. I thought to my self great, I am going to see him drink a beer or two, when I came across him I saw he was drinking coffee. I had a greater respect for him, as he got it, as a Judge he was walking the walk.
I'm glad you have a microphone. You say what happened, what the law allows, the adjudication process, what happened within the system and subsequent actions. Judges are important, justice is important but having a microphone in the hands on demagogues and their agents are the norm today. I've never heard of your channel and will I stay tuned. In the age of Trump it is pleasant to happen across a RU-vid channel such as yours. Thankyou!
@@lancecluster The Steve had a challenge for anyone who could present a Supreme Court case that ruled that nobody needed a drivers license while driving. He put up the hundred as the reward, and just to spice things up, would hide Ben in the background. Spotting Ben first turned turned into a quasi contest in it's own way. Just a bit of fun to do when watching the vid.
@@boikatsapiens499 Thank you for the details, I had noticed comments in multiple videos regarding things like "to the left of the two mugs", etc. Was just wondering. So has he explained the "voice over woman at the end of the videos"? I am aware of the tribute to his two dogs that have passed away, and there is also an owl thing going on.
I like that the videos of yours I have seen so far have been educational and entertaining. Some of the situations stink, but they are very fascinating to learn about.
Perjury is taken very seriously in the UK too. Notably in recent times, Lord Archer, a member of the House of Lords, an Jonathan Aitken, MP (something akin to a senator or congressman), both served jail terms for lying under oath in (separate) libel cases. In both cases they appeared to think that they were somehow above the law. Turned out they weren't.
I was really glad to hear you say that some should be held to a higher standard of conduct. All too often I see uneducated and poor and very young have the "full weight of the law brought upon them" while those who "have done so well over the years but made such a mistake, etc." receive a light consequence, despite the greater education and opportunity to do/know better.
Such an uplifting story! It's good to see such a crook like this judge get what's coming to her FINALLY! People like this, in positions of power literally ruin the lives of countless honest, innocent, decent people. They should all be rooted out, and taken to task!
Any judge, attorney, law enforcement, witness, etc found guilty of perjury relating to a criminal case should be sentenced to the maximum penalty that defendant was facing.
That is nothing to the Judges in Delaware County PA. There are judges that make ruling without lawyers even allowed to present evidence, stating they are the law! When some lawyers start to read previous rulings they get repremanded in court, some even held in contemt!
So what office will she be running for next election? State senator, Congresswoman? People like that don't just give up and go away. They'll find out some other way to cause even more mayhem and suffering.
Gotta ask whose autograph is on the speed limit sign? We had a city judge a few years back (new to the bench) who got busted for DWI. She started acting seriously wacky, not showing up for work, leaving the country for vacation when told she couldn't leave the state, trying to buy firearms at Walmart, etc. She ended up in jail for a time, then when released didn't show up for her court-appointed county job. Through all this she continued earning her full salary as a judge. It took FOREVER for NY to finally remove her from the bench.
@@twilatharp3386 some prosecutors are forced to do it with cops, depending on jurisdiction and publicity. They (prosecutors) could care less if they accidentally convict innocent people. Down here, a majority of courts and city governments, not to mention the state courts, are all installed by the "Man Who Must Not Be Named" that has been a traitor to his own people. Yea, that guy. Amazing how his false disease threw a camouflage net over him, isn't it?
I think not as a matter of course unless individuals involved file appeals that are somehow accepted long after the fact. If she screwed up your case you had the option to appeal at that time.
@@twilatharp3386 well considering how our State and Federal supreme courts have mangled our common law I doubt it. Some if it becomes clear that she was biased in judging those cases.
happy to see and realize how good the lawyers who saw and felt her bad behavior must feel. Someone who deserves it gets her/his comeuppance. I'm happy to hear this.
