A judge in Texas used a stun belt on a defendant. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. http://www.tytnetwo...
========== A TEXAS JUDGE HAS BEEN ACCUSED
OF USING TORTURE TACTICS TO RETALIATE AGAINST A SPECIFIC
DEFENDANT THAT HE FELT WAS OUT OF ORDER IN COURT. THIS CASE INVOLVES A MAN WHO WAS
CONVICTED OF SOLICITING SEX BY A MINOR, AND HIS CONVICTION
INDICATED THAT HE WOULD GET A PRETTY LENGTHY SENTENCE OF 60
YEARS BEHIND BARS BUT THAT CONVICTION WAS THROWN OUT
BECAUSE OF THE TREATMENT HE RECEIVED FROM THE JUDGE. THE
JUDGE IN THIS STORY IS JUDGE GEORGE GALLAGHER AND APPARENTLY
DURING THIS CASE, HE HAD STRAPPED A STUN STRAP ONTO THE
DEFENDANT AND WHAT THE STUN STRAP DOES IS ESSENTIALLY
ELECTRIC AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE A THREAT TO
PEOPLE IN THE COURTROOM. THE PROBLEM IN THIS CASE IS THAT
THE DEFENDANT DID NOT SERVE AS A THREAT. IN FACT, THE DEFENDANT WAS ...