Thread: Judge charged with helping man evade ICE agent wants salary back

Judge charged with helping man evade ICE agent wants salary back

Newton District Judge Shelley Joseph has pleaded not guilty.

Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph leaves federal court, April 25, 2019. –Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe

AP,
May 30, 2019

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge indicted on charges that she helped a defendant evade an immigration enforcement agent wants her pay reinstated while she fights the allegations.

Newton District Judge Shelley Joseph was suspended without pay last month after she was charged with helping a man who was living in the U.S. illegally to slip out a back courthouse door to avoid a waiting federal agent.
Joseph has pleaded not guilty.

Joseph’s lawyers say in a motion filed Thursday in Massachusetts’ highest court that it’s unfair and unprecedented for her salary to be taken away when she has not been found to have committed any wrongdoing.

Joseph says in an affidavit that she has already had to borrow money from friends and family for mounting legal bills and her family may be forced to sell their home.

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Some background on this judge:

Sanctuary City Judge Indicted for Helping Illegal Alien Escape Arrest