Three federal judges discuss when a judge should use Compassion in ruling on a case
Three members of the Detroit Federal bench will speak on “The Rule of Rachmanus (Compassion)” in a discussion sponsored by the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan (JBAM).
Participating will be U.S. District Judges Bernard A. Friedman and Judith E. Levy and Magistrate Judge David R. Grand. The free Zoom event will take place 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. All attorneys and members of the general public are invited.
The panel will focus on how judges apply compassion in everyday practice when making decisions on the bench. Topics will focus on both civil and criminal law. Some issues include:
• Have you ever had a case that touched you so deeply that you had to collect yourself as to not show any bias?
• Is an ideal judge one who is “dispassionate” — defined as “free from passion, emotion or bias; calm, impartial?”
• Everyone that comes before you has a story. How are you able to differentiate who is sincere and who is not?
To register for this free Zoom discussion, go to the JBAM website, https://www.jewishbar.org/event/the-rule-of-rachmanus-with-the-federal-bench/.
The Jewish Bar Association of Michigan provides educational and professional benefits for attorneys. For information or to join, visit jewishbar.org.
Sheriff apologizes; Black man getting signatures arrested
SPRINGFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A Black man who was arrested while collecting signatures to form a tenant organization in his neighborhood said authorities have apologized and don’t plan to pursue charges.
La’Ron Marshall of Springfield said he met with the Calhoun County sheriff and undersheriff Saturday.
“I was not doing anything illegal,” Marshall said. “I was trying to collect signatures to bring the community together as a collective and trying to see what we could do in keeping the community safe.”
Marshall was arrested Jan. 2 and spent a night in jail after someone called the sheriff’s department to report a suspicious person. A deputy, one of two at the scene, told him he was soliciting without a permit, according to a video recording.
“Soliciting what?” Marshall asked.
“Whatever you’re soliciting,” a deputy said.
Sheriff Steve Hinkley said a deputy, who was placed on leave, was mistaken.
“It appears he may have been acting on ordinances that were valid in other communities and not this particular community,” Hinkley said last week.
Marshall believes he was racially profiled.
“Things need to change. Especially with what’s going on all around the country. It’s just crazy,” Marshall said. “As a Black man, a Black and native man, I’m tired of being looked at in a certain way.”
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