A new Oklahoma judge could lose her job for sending more than 500 texts to her bailiff during a murder trial, including messages mocking the prosecutor, praising the defense attorney and calling a key witness a liar.
The district judge came under scrutiny in July after she was caught on camera scrolling through social media and texting during the trial of a man accused of beating a 2-year-old to death
OKLAHOMA CITY >> A new Oklahoma judge could lose her job for sending more than 500 texts to her bailiff during a murder trial, including messages mocking the prosecutor, praising the defense attorney and calling a key witness a liar.
Judge Traci Soderstrom was caught on camera scrolling through her phone during a June trial, sending texts criticizing the prosecution and praising the defense, according to a petition filed by the chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom exchanged more than 500 texts with her bailiff during a murder trial and showed bias toward a defendant, a petition says.
By Macie Goldfarb and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma judge may be forced to step down for allegedly exchanging over 500 text messages with a bailiff in which she mocked trial participants and talked offensively about the state’s attorneys while she presided over a murder trial in June, accor…
During a murder trial, an Oklahoma judge sent more than 500 texts to her bailiff, including messages mocking the prosecutor, praising the defense attorney and calling a key witness a liar.
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