Former Judge Sentences Himself to Jail in Bland Case

http://cw39.com/2016/02/17/former-judge-sentences-himself-to-jail-in-bland-case/

Hempstead - After seven months, Sandra Bland's death is still haunting Waller County. On Wednesday, the controversy took a new turn when a former judge there decided to "sentence himself" to jail.

"I'm here because I ought to be here. I deserve to be here. I broke the law," he said.

Apparently, former Judge Dewayne Charleston broke the law by trespassing last year at a protest for the Bland case.

Last July, Charleston made it clear who he blamed for Bland's death in the Waller County Jail: "Whatever happened in that jail, they are responsible. She was in their care, custody and control."

Charleston believes that local racism was the real culprit. He said, "From the cradle to the grave, racism has existed here for the last 40 or 50 years of my life- and probably well beyond that."

So, to further his point, the former judge is taking his protest behind bars to the same jail where Bland was found hanging in her cell last July.

Rather than pay a fine, the judge wants to serve time.

News Fix exclusively spoke to Charleston right before he turned himself in.

"What is in your life that you would go to jail for?" he pondered. "This is a small thing as far as the world goes, but it's what I would go to jail for."

So how does a former judge prepare to go to jail?

He took to Facebook to share his emotions. "This is me," he told us. "This is what enraged me, and this is what I'm dealing with now."

And what the judge is dealing with, is coming to terms with Bland's fate.

"She should be alive," Charleston insisted. "Sandra Bland merely failed to show a signal lane change. She should not have been here."

Now, as part of his protest, Charleston created a special Twitter hashtag: #IfIdieinpolicecustodyIdidnotkillmyself.

Just before he turned himself in, the judge made one final discovery. "It costs $14-a-minute for an inmate to communicate with the outside world!" the Judge exclaimed. "We talk about why Sandra Bland was not able to get in contact with someone to come and bail her out. Fourteen dollars-a-minute! Who's making $14-a-minute off of inmates?!"

Hopefully, the former Justice of the Peace will have a peaceful stay while in the custody of the Waller County Jail.

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My opinion has not changed. I still believe someone killed her.

Topic: Texas- FBI-Investigating A Suspicious Suicide

http://m.mingle2.com/topic/show/439015/

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And in a non surprising turn of events the former judge ruled himself as having a conflict of interest so should have recused himself and petitioned for a retrial before himself representing himself and then sues the city for self abuse.

"" By Joe Southern | Updated Nov 22 , 2010
The unsealed federal indictment against
Waller County Justice of the Peace
DeWayne Charleston points to him as the
organizer in a growing bribery scandal that
has resulted in four convictions so far.
Charleston, 46, was arrested July 7 at his
Hempstead home without incident and is
out on a $ 100,000 bond . The indictment
accuses Charleston of “conspiring to
solicit, demand and accept bribe money or
kickbacks” from a Waller demolition
contractor in exchange for obtaining
approved vendor status resulting in the
awarding of City of Hempstead contracts.
The indictment accuses Charleston of
conspiring with former Hempstead Mayor
Pro-Tem Larry Wilson , and former City
Alderman Paris Kincade to extort bribes
from Sidney Johnson of Sid ’s Recycling
and Demolition – who is identified in the
indictment as a “cooperating witness” or
“CW” – in exchange for city contracts.""
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/indictment-charleston-orchestrated-bribes/article_0c4bfa70-8ec3-5804-89dc-85b8dcb66121.html?mode=jqm

This has the appearance of the judge setting up
an insanity plea for himself, when it comes time for a real trial.