Judge Robin K. Sheares
Robin K. Sheares, Brooklyn Family Court Judge was removed from the bench on July 14, 2010 after she sent a mom named Sukhwant Herb to Rikers Island for resisting her idiotic order to have her 9-year-old son visit his father Seon Jonas Sr., a serial rapist who’s serving 27 years in an Arizona prison. Herb was sentenced to a minimum of 50 days and never offered bail.
Top court administrators transferred Judge Robin Sheares to Brooklyn Civil Court for violations of the state Code of Judicial Conduct – including biased behavior in her tirades and decisions from the bench
Read more: Judge Robin Sheares, who jailed mom for keeping son from visiting rapist dad, transferred
The New York City Bar Association disqualified Sheares after interviewing her and about 20 other attorneys and judges who were familiar with her work. The evaluation criteria included integrity, impartiality and intellectual ability. A lengthy confidential report on Sheares was prepared and the “not approved” rating was issued on Aug. 29, 2006
can you explain the dates in the article above? Was Robin Sheares ‘not approved’ as an attorney or a judge, back in 2006. If she was not approved as an attorney, how could she be appointed a judge later?
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