Judge loses caseload over failure to record proceedings
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit judge has been benched after her boss says she refuses to use courtroom technology.
Judge Kahlilia Davis won’t hear any cases. Nancy Blount, the chief judge at 36th District Court, disclosed the move Monday, saying Davis refuses to use video equipment to record proceedings in her courtroom.
Blount says the state court administrator supports the sanction. Davis hasn’t commented. Her attorney, Todd Perkins, says some type of compromise should end the dispute.
Separately, Blount last week ordered Davis to undergo a security screening, like other employees, when she regularly enters the courthouse. Blount says Davis made “threatening” statements on social media.
Davis responded by saying she’s not physically able to report to work if she has to go through security screening.
Man charged with murder after body found days after stabbing
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A 60-year-old man has been charged with murder after police in southwestern Michigan say they found his roommate’s body in a basement four to five days after he was fatally stabbed.
Benton Harbor police located 57-year-old Sylvester Booth’s body early Saturday. His roommate was arrested and the Berrien County prosecutor’s office says Jerry Lee Osler was arraigned Monday on charges of first-degree murder and concealing a death. Osler was jailed on $250,000 bond.
The Associated Press left a message Tuesday seeking comment from a public defender who appeared at Monday’s hearing.
Police say Booth was stabbed during a dispute over money. The prosecutor’s office says Booth had a stab wound to the chest and a knife blade and knife handle were found near his body.
Detroit Mercy Law to present McElroy Lecture on Law and Religion March 13
University of Detroit Mercy Law will host Rebecca French, professor of Law at State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, for the McElroy Lecture on Law and Religion from 5-6 pm.
Wednesday, March 13 at Detroit Mercy Law School, Room 226, 651 E. Jefferson Ave. in Detroit.
This year’s lecture is titled “Why Buddhism and Law Has Been Excluded from the Canon.” French will explore why the discipline of Buddhism and Law has never been accepted in the West as a type of Religion and Law, despite the fact that the Buddha inspired a law code that has been called the founding charter of Buddhism. A complimentary reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at http://www.law.udmercy.edu/.
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