Thursday, September 06, 2007

Fort Wayne Judge Fran Gull order cell phone destroyed

One Indystar reader wonders: "Why destroy the phone? Why not just give it back? Childish."

No not childish, power struck.

Another great point by an Indy reader on the bogus excuse about banning cellphone from the court out for protection: "What petty tyrany, based on a non-problem. The names of witnesses and victims are public record. You can stand on the courthouse steps and videotape them entering and leaving. In fact, the news does it on a regular basis."

You betta, they even make a deal with the news to cover suspect leaving the courthouse.

2 comments:

  1. I have some comments on this subject, and some questions for others to ponder. First, not all victims are publicly identified. Do you want to mandate that a young girl who was raped has to be willing to put her picture in the newspaper (or blog) in order for her to seek justice? Also, the jurors have a right to remain anonymous - or do they?

    Second, I think people Who don't turn their phones off or to vibrate when they are in court, school, church, weddings, funerals and any other place where their noise disrupts othes are morons.

    So does this mean that a ban is necessary? Are there no other choices? How about this. You're told before you enter the building that phones must be turned off and remain in your pocket/purse. If your phone rings while inside the court room you get charged with disrupting the proceedings, just as if you jumped up and shouted. If you take a picture while in court, you get charged with attempting to intimidate the jury.

    It seems this would serve the same legitimate purposes as the ban. The only difference is that now only the morons would be harassed. People who use their phones responsibily could still do so.

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  2. You fine the forgetful folks. Destroying the cell phone is so so stupid !!

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