>>> IN 2020 A JUDGE JAILED A
VICTIM AS AT THE TESTIFIED
BECAUSE SHE ADMITTED TO SMOKING
MARIJUANA BEFORE TRIAL.
>> AND NOW THE COURT OF APPEALS SAYS THAT THE JUDGE WAS WRONG
WHEN HE FOUND HER IN CONTEMPT. AND JULIE CAREY HAS REACTION
FROM HER ATTORNEY AND THE WOMAN’S SUPPORTERS.
>> Reporter: KATIE TESTIFYING
AGAINST HER FORMER PARTNER IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2021 WHEN THE JUDGE
CRITICIZED HER DEMEANOR, THE WAY
SHE WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS,
ASKING IF SHE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
AND SHE SAID SHED A SMOKED
MARIJUANA EARLIER.
AND THE JUDGE ISSUED A SUMMARY
CONTEMPT ORDER ARRESTING HER ON
THE SPOT.
>> TEN DAYS IN THE COUNTY JAIL.
>> ME? WHAT?
OH, MY GOD. I DIDN’T EVEN DO ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: BUT THE ATTORNEY
TAKING ON THE CASE PROCEED POE
KNOW
PRO BONO.
AND THEY SAY THE CIRCUIT COURT EXERCISED THE POWER OF SUMMARY
COP TEMPT IN VIOLATION OF RIGHTS
TO NOTICE OF THE CONTEMPT
CHARGE, A FAIR HEARING AND REPRESENTATION BY COUNSEL.
>> IT REMOVES THE STAIN OF CRIMINAL CONSTRUCTION.
SHE WAS MADE TO FEEL THAT SHE
HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG BY
COMING FORWARD.
AND SHE IS VALIDATED.
RAILROAD THE JUDGE’S >> Reporter: JUDGE’S ACTION
LEADING TO A WARNING THAT THE
JULY’S ACTION COULD KEEP OTHER
VICTIMS FROM COMING FORWARD. >> THEY DON’T WANT SOMEONE
CHASTISING THEM.
IF DIE TERSTEETERS
DETERS THE ACT TO SEEK JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: AND HOPEFULLY IT
SENDS A NEW MESSAGE --
>> THAT YOU CAN STEP FORWARD THAT YOUR VOICE WON’T BE
CHILLED, THAT YOU SHOULD FIGHT
AGAINST THE SYSTEM, THAT YOU
SHOULD REPORT.
BECAUSE WE CAN’T UNCOVER WRONG
DOING. IF WE DON’T REPORT.
>> Reporter: NEWS 4 GOT A RESPONSE FROM ETHICS RULES KEEP
THE JUDGE FROM RESPONDING.
>>> AND A MISTRIAL WAS CALLED