as you can see, i HAVE NOT forgotten. i've followed her career and this gives me GREAT joy
Voters give short molester's judge the boot
LINCOLN — Cheyenne County District Court Judge Kristine Cecava of Sidney, Neb., who touched off a national debate by sentencing a 5-foot-1, 100-pound child molester to probation, has been voted off the bench.
Cecava is the eighth judge to be removed by voters since Nebraska adopted its judicial selection plan in the early 1960s.
She sparked controversy in 2006 when she sentenced Richard Thompson to 10 years of intensive supervised probation and commented that she feared for his safety in prison because of his size.
Court staff said Cecava was presiding over a trial Wednesday and could not be reached for comment.
In Nebraska, the governor appoints judges, but voters periodically consider whether they should be retained in office. Cecava was turned out Tuesday by a 52 percent to 48 percent vote..............
Sidney, Neb. judge voted out of office
Associated Press
SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) - A judge criticized for sentencing a 5-foot-1 sex offender to probation has been voted out of office.
About 63% of the voters in Cheyenne County District Judge Kristine Cecava's jurisdiction agreed she should be removed from office.
Cecava's 2006 sentence of Richard Thompson prompted local and national criticism because she cited Thompson's height when sentencing him to 10 years of probation for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
Thompson could have been sentenced to 10 years in prison..............
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