Ever wonder what the reaction is of a judge who lets a criminal out loose only for them to reoffend in the worst way imaginable?
Thanks to one recent tragedy we have an answer: complete and total apathy.
Itās been revealed that the woman charged with recently fatally stabbing a 3-year-old boy outside a supermarket, Bionca Ellis, was released from custody days prior to the attack by a judge named Brian F Hagan. Ellis was in trouble at the time over a probation violation in a theft case, but a magistrate called for holding her for a mental health evaluation. Judge Hagan released Ellis, who also recently claimed to the police to have murdered someone, and then Ellis allegedly murdered a child and stabbed his mother three days later.
And in response to the tragic news, Hagan is not only justifying his decision, but refusing to even pretend to care about the consequences of his decision.
As Fox reported:
A magistrate at Rocky River Municipal Court then referred her to a mental health evaluation following her behavior in the courtroom, but Judge Brian Hagan told Fox 8 the organization doing those had nobody available and Ellis would have had to sit in jail for days on a minor offense.
"Iām confident in the way this court handled the matter," he also said. "We did it by the letter of the law. There was nothing there to send up the alarms."
Judge Brian Hagen is doubling down and saying even knowing what he knows he would still release the monster despite a referral for her to get a mental health evaluation.
ā Sarah Sansoni (@sarahsansoni) June 12, 2024
His reasoning is that no one was available at the time to see her and he didnāt want to hold her on a theftā¦ pic.twitter.com/B9tFvuptNd
During court proceedings in Rocky River, the magistrate was wondering aloud if Ellis had fallen asleep. "Ms. Ellis, can you hear me? Can you tell me, North Olmsted, is she falling asleep, or whatās going on?" he reportedly said in audio obtained by Fox 8. "Can you acknowledge me, Ms. Ellis, please?"
"I think we need to get a mental health evaluation. Letās hold her for an evaluation," the magistrate then concluded. "Iām not sure she fully understands the simple requirements that the court has imposed on her."
Surprisingly, a voter registration for a āBrian F Haganā in Rocky River, Ohio, lists them registered as a Republican. If accurate, this could point to general incompetence being to blame in this case, as opposed to the sort of pro-criminal ideology weāve seen sweeping throughout the legal system in recent years.
Judge Hagan faces reelection in 2025 for the Rocky River Municipal Court.
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