Cynthia Brim leaves the Daley Center after appearing at a court hearing in January of 2013.
(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune / March 28, 2014)
[From article]
For the first time in Illinois, attorneys on the case say, a judicial disciplinary panel has begun tackling the question of whether a judge whose psychotic episodes can apparently be controlled through medication should be allowed to return to the bench.
Judge Cynthia Brim, 55, testified before the Illinois Courts Commission for more than two hours on Friday in a bid to save her $182,000-a-year job. The seven-member panel – made up of judges from outside of Cook County as well as two citizens – will later issue a written decision.
Brim was found not guilty of misdemeanor battery by reason of insanity last year for shoving a sheriff’s deputy outside the Daley Center during a manic episode in March 2012. A day earlier, while on the bench, she broke into an extended rant while presiding over a traffic court call at the Markham courthouse.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-judge-wants-back-on-bench-after-insanity-ruling-20140328,0,7568123.story?track=rss
Judge wants back on bench after insanity ruling
By Steve Schmadeke
Tribune reporter
6:57 p.m. CDT, March 28, 2014
[From article]
For the first time in Illinois, attorneys on the case say, a judicial disciplinary panel has begun tackling the question of whether a judge whose psychotic episodes can apparently be controlled through medication should be allowed to return to the bench.
Judge Cynthia Brim, 55, testified before the Illinois Courts Commission for more than two hours on Friday in a bid to save her $182,000-a-year job. The seven-member panel – made up of judges from outside of Cook County as well as two citizens – will later issue a written decision.
Brim was found not guilty of misdemeanor battery by reason of insanity last year for shoving a sheriff’s deputy outside the Daley Center during a manic episode in March 2012. A day earlier, while on the bench, she broke into an extended rant while presiding over a traffic court call at the Markham courthouse.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-judge-wants-back-on-bench-after-insanity-ruling-20140328,0,7568123.story?track=rss
Judge wants back on bench after insanity ruling
By Steve Schmadeke
Tribune reporter
6:57 p.m. CDT, March 28, 2014
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