Ex-Texas judge challenges citations in rape victim case
Source: Associated Press
Updated 4:50 pm, Monday, June 11, 2018
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Texas judge is fighting disciplinary sanctions by the state's watchdog agency for issuing a court order that landed a mentally ill rape victim in jail.
Stacey Bond, a Harris County judge from 2013 to 2016, is challenging disciplinary action by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct while she campaigns for another court seat this fall, the Houston Chronicle reported . The commission cited Bond in March for her actions involving an unidentified witness who had a mental breakdown while testifying in a 2015 sexual assault trial.
The commission's findings show Bond issued a bench warrant to ensure the woman would resume her testimony. The woman was committed to a mental hospital and later transferred to Harris County jail for nearly a month. The woman was accidently booked as a defendant rather than a witness. The victim was assaulted by an inmate while in the county lockup and charged after an altercation with a guard.
The commission ruled that Bond denied the victim due process.
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