Judge Harris' comments spark outrage

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Judge Harris - October 22, 2007

What is truly unacceptable is that Harris ran for election as a Circuit Court judge on a platform of being tough on crime. Harris is a former DEFENSE attorney who probably used similar tactics to get his clients off on charges of domestic violence. To say that the State's Attorney's Office had not proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt in this matter would simply be wrong. According to the article, a police officer witnessed the assault with her own eyes. Apparently Judge Harris needs the victim to come into court and say that she is not a "sadomasichist" before he will find the defendant not guilty. Tough on crime - not in this case. Too bad the voters elected him for a 15yr term.

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David K. - Baltimore, MD - Karma: Bad

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DV - October 22, 2007

it is totalling unacceptable for an officer of the court to make such a statement without knowledge of the victim's state of mind...to reason that she may like to get beat up is absurd especially considering the circumstance,being late to pick up her

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paul harris ruling - October 21, 2007

Judge Paul Harris is known as a decent family man. He would never put up with deviant behavior. He is a very fair and wise man especially in Family Law. So there must have been a very good reason for his ruling Joe A ,Pasadena

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Domestic Violence - October 19, 2007

Having worked with domestic violence victims for over 8 years, it is not uncommon at all for a victim to be to afraid to come to court. Not only for fear of what the abuser will do to her, but the abusers family, friends, etc. It is a very scary day when a judge makes a statement that the victim could have wanted to be abused. If she did, she would have been in court to say so.

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Domestic Violence - October 19, 2007

Harris is a perfect example of what is wrong with our justice system. It's horrifying that victims are further victimized by the very people who are supposed to be standing up for them. He's not fit to be on the bench with such a mentality.

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