Law Humor

You Call That An Apology?

By John Mesirow

You may recall the case involving Nevada Judge George Assad, who jailed a guy's girlfriend until he showed up in court. Problem was, she hadn't done anything! (This innocent nurse had just come to court to explain that her boyfriend just started a new job, so he couldn't make it.)

So, in June 2008, the Judge was ordered to apologize. But he didn't send the letter to the Judicial Discipline Commission until over a year later - on July 24, 2009! How was it received by the wrongfully imprisoned girlfriend? We may never know! Per The Las Vegas Sun:

[Ms.] Chrzanowski could not be reached for comment, but her lawyer, Cal Potter, said Wednesday that the apology, coming so many years later, is ?hollow? and now ?meaningless? to his client. He said he hasn?t been able to locate Chrzanowski, who may have left Las Vegas, to send her a copy of the letter.

Full post as published by Legal Juice on September 12, 2009 (boomark / email).