A 78-year-old Florida grandmother had an unfortunate, and close-up, look at the state’s penal system when she was arrested by police. She was ticketed and arrested by the officers for driving on a suspended license and the elderly woman ended up with a 15 day stay in the county jail.
Oh, did I mention that her license wasn’t really suspended and that she was wrongfully imprisoned?
And the wrongs don’t just stop at her being wrongfully arrested. This poor woman had her justice system fail her at every opportunity.
From the initial arrest, to two assistant public defenders who didn’t do their job of representing her during her initial appearance, to a judge who didn’t even bother to look up from his papers when addressing a group of defendants. and also her unlawful time spent in jail.
County Court Judge, Lee J. Seidman had enough of this and quickly had her released from her “sentence”.
“She’s handcuffed like Houdini, for the record. She’s got chains around her waist, and she’s got handcuffs in front around her hands as if she was some kind of a violent criminal,” “I want her released. I think she’s suffered enough at our system’s mistakes.” said Judge Seidman, according to the court transcript.