When the judge was only 10 minutes late to start yesterday (a record for her), it seems she was finally realizing the need to pick up the pace. However, then the lunch scheduled for 1 hour 15 minutes went to 2 hours 30 minutes!!! See two tweets below from George Hunter about this:
There's a lot of grumbling in the courtroom about the lack of punctuality.
And now, the judge just came back on the bench - exactly 1 hour, 15 minutes late.
When the judge returned from her leisurely lunch there was no explanation and no apology --- like the restaurant was unusually slow, there was a problem at home etc. --- NOTHING. When she first realized she couldn't return on time, she should have the courtesy to have a clerk notify the courtroom and jury so they could make use of their time and not just wait indeterminately. Other than being incredibly rude, she continues to astound with her disrespect for everyone else involved with this case and for the taxpayers' dollars.
To make matters worse, because of her extreme tardiness, Therese Giffin had to miss her plane back to Chicago, delay return to her son perhaps needing to scramble for new child care arrangements, and forego whatever she had scheduled for Wednesday.
When told by Giffin that she was going to miss her plane, the judge cavalierly and coldly blew her off per George Hunter tweet:
Judge told Giffin: "You're going to have to wait on that plane." Giffin was crying as she walked out of the room.
Clearly if the judge hadn't wasted doing whatever for the extra 75 minutes of lunch, Ms. Giffin could have made her flight. Again, the judge had no apology and certainly no concern for the effect of her dereliction on this witness.
On this score, Evans is a disgrace to the profession.
There's a lot of grumbling in the courtroom about the lack of punctuality.
And now, the judge just came back on the bench - exactly 1 hour, 15 minutes late.
When the judge returned from her leisurely lunch there was no explanation and no apology --- like the restaurant was unusually slow, there was a problem at home etc. --- NOTHING. When she first realized she couldn't return on time, she should have the courtesy to have a clerk notify the courtroom and jury so they could make use of their time and not just wait indeterminately. Other than being incredibly rude, she continues to astound with her disrespect for everyone else involved with this case and for the taxpayers' dollars.
To make matters worse, because of her extreme tardiness, Therese Giffin had to miss her plane back to Chicago, delay return to her son perhaps needing to scramble for new child care arrangements, and forego whatever she had scheduled for Wednesday.
When told by Giffin that she was going to miss her plane, the judge cavalierly and coldly blew her off per George Hunter tweet:
Judge told Giffin: "You're going to have to wait on that plane." Giffin was crying as she walked out of the room.
Clearly if the judge hadn't wasted doing whatever for the extra 75 minutes of lunch, Ms. Giffin could have made her flight. Again, the judge had no apology and certainly no concern for the effect of her dereliction on this witness.
On this score, Evans is a disgrace to the profession.
Last edited by EllsBells on Wed 12 Nov 2014, 1:05 pm; edited 1 time in total