nuckin_futz Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 If you ever find yourself in a Florida courtroom facing Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat, don't give him any lip — and certainly don't flip him the bird. Penelope Soto, 18, who was arrested for drug possession, learned that Monday, when she irritated the judge with her insouciant attitude — flipping her hair, laughing derisively, dodging questions. Miffed, the judge slapped Soto with a $5,000 fine and bid her "bye-bye." Soto laughed and responded, "Adios," so he upped her fine to $10,000. "Are you serious?" the teen asked. "I am serious. Adios," said the judge. Soto gave him the finger, at which point he sentenced her to 30 days in jail for contempt of court. And yes, he was serious. http://youtu.be/nNSGNKfdouM ******************************** Now she has 30 days to "come down" off the drugs and think about what an idiot she was. If there's any justice in the world, Lindsay Lohan will commit her next violations of the law in his county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody Hates Raymond Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 He should have also forced her to go into rehab, starting day one of her sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Ed Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 He should have also forced her to go into rehab, starting day one of her sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I see and have to talk to these idiots a lot. People have no idea how serious life is outside a video game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Overkill considering her age. I think some community service might have been more appropriate here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Awesome, too bad we couldn't see her reaction at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 For anyone that wonders why both drug laws are ridiculous and US prisons/jails are too full, especially with criminals that shouldn't even be there, wonder no more.. All she did was say "Adios" and that was response to him condescendingly dismissing her, big whoop. Tack on $5,000 bail for that? Wow. Good job there judge in escalating a conflict. Yeah lesson learned, don't screw with power tripping judges. Doubling someone's bail for "Adios", then sending them to jail because you were an ass and they gave you the finger and told you to frack yourself.. what an embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I guess you could say she flipped him the "jail-bird". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllHailSmyl Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 She would've been given a conditional sentence in Vancouver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 For anyone that wonders why both drug laws are ridiculous and US prisons/jails are too full, especially with criminals that shouldn't even be there, wonder no more.. All she did was say "Adios" and that was response to him condescendingly dismissing her, big whoop. Tack on $5,000 bail for that? Wow. Good job there judge in escalating a conflict. Yeah lesson learned, don't screw with power tripping judges. Doubling someone's bail for "Adios", then sending them to jail because you were an ass and they gave you the finger and told you to frack yourself.. what an embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 For anyone that wonders why both drug laws are ridiculous and US prisons/jails are too full, especially with criminals that shouldn't even be there, wonder no more.. All she did was say "Adios" and that was response to him condescendingly dismissing her, big whoop. Tack on $5,000 bail for that? Wow. Good job there judge in escalating a conflict. Yeah lesson learned, don't screw with power tripping judges. Doubling someone's bail for "Adios", then sending them to jail because you were an ass and they gave you the finger and told you to frack yourself.. what an embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 a large part of me agrees with you, but the absolute power of judges is something you should know before your age 10...to still mess around like its a joke with one as your sitting there trying to get bail is something that deserves the book thrown at her for....just my opinion but i want to choke the ever living crud out of kids that flip me off....30 days in jail for doing it to a judge as he judges you is pretty light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Agreed, you'd have to be pretty dumb/ignorant to act like that in front of a judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 it has been my experience that there are a lot of dumb/ignorant people roaming around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockout Casualty Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 It's about attitude.......and obviously this mouthy teenager was not getting the message. She's old enough to know better and kudos to the judge for giving her something to think about while she sits in jail for 30 days. She should have just shut her face after the "Adios" with attitude. And it must have been with attitude as I seriously doubt the judge would have upped the fine otherwise. As stated in the article, this prime exhibit of teenagerhood was behaving badly all during her time in front of the judge. Bravo, judge!! More judges need to be doing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 So are we to pretend that her serving 30 days somehow benefits society? Makes us safer? Saves us money? What exactly does it accomplish? Why do you feel it's appropriate to up the fine for attitude? More of the court's time was spent calling her back and "teaching her a lesson" than if the judge didn't care how kids wearing orange jumpsuits are behaving. I agree with Zaibatsu here, a moronic justice system on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 So are we to pretend that her serving 30 days somehow benefits society? Makes us safer? Saves us money? What exactly does it accomplish? Why do you feel it's appropriate to up the fine for attitude? More of the court's time was spent calling her back and "teaching her a lesson" than if the judge didn't care how kids wearing orange jumpsuits are behaving. I agree with Zaibatsu here, a moronic justice system on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockout Casualty Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 it was not a fine - it was her bond. She is yet to have a trial as this was first appearance. Judges have a right to control their in court process which they do by means of contempt proceedings and 30 days for criminal contempt is pure punishment and to teach her a lesson in how to conduct herself. It is not meant to be anything else. It looked to me like a lesson that needed to be taught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockout Casualty Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 So you let three blatant episodes of disrespect to the court, to the judge and downright insolence just go by? Oh right, she's really learned something now, which is probably the problem to begin with, she'd been getting away with it for years. 18 is old enough to know better.......and now she has 30 days to sit in jail and think about it. And have a record. For something that was purely within her control to avoid. Suck it up princess, these consequences are a direct result of your own bad behavior. More people need to be made to accept the consequences of their behavior, then perhaps they wonn't be standing before a judge to begin with. Benefit society? Maybe she'll think twice before being rude and disrespectful in a court of law. And learn the lesson that acting like a rude, disrespectful, spoiled, self-entitled little brat in court will land you in a jail cell for 30 days. A change in attitude is in order and this 30 day reminder of such is obviously what she needs or she wouldn't be sitting in a cell to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I was addressing BB's statement, not the article's: I'm not disputing the ability to do what the judge did, I am questioning the benefit of such powers. What is this more likely to achieve, respect for authority that punishes disproportionately (or fear, to be more precise) or a good future behavior by a borderline juvenile delinquent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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