Join state Senator Bobby Powell and local attorney Edwin Ferguson in a push for further disciplinary action against Judge John S. Kastrenakes for violations of the state Code of Judicial Conduct.
Other elected officials and community leaders will also be there, in front of the main courthouse, 205 N. Dixie Highway.
Mr.Somerville, too, will be there.
Judge Kastrenakes, as you surely know, is the jurist who had 21-year-old Mr.
Somerville jailed 10 days for missing jury duty.
He had overslept. He had no criminal record.
After a national outcry, the Judge
rescinded his original punishment and cleared Mr. Somerville's record. Earlier this year, though, the Judge reportedly jailed Keith Lattimore for the same reason. Both men are black.
That, Senator Powell says, demonstrates a d
angerous pattern of poor judgement and he has asked the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission to investigate his actions. Read the Senator's letter
here
.
"Oversleeping isn't a crime," Senator Powell said. "Let's stand with him."
