Idiot法官

US driver ordered to wear idiot sign by court

A US woman caught on camera driving on a footpath to avoid a school bus that was unloading children will have to stand at an intersection wearing a sign warning about idiots.

Court records show a Cleveland Municipal Court judge on Monday ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to stand at an intersection for two days next week.

She will have to wear a sign saying: "Only an idiot drives on the footpath to avoid a school bus."

The judge ordered her to wear the sign from 7.45am to 8.45am both days.

Hardin's licence was suspended for 30 days and she was ordered to pay $US250 ($242.38) in court costs.

Messages seeking comment were left at a telephone listing for Hardin and at her lawyer's office.

AP(7/11/2012 Sydney Morning Herald)

標少不認識美國的法例，也不花時間去翻閱，表面看法官沒有權叫被告掛上羞辱性的牌，在街上示眾。法官的權力來自法律條文，作出懲罰時有法可依，否則便是僭越權力的做法。斥責被告行為愚蠢沒有問題，但也不能謾駡。叫被告像sandwich man那樣示眾，除了羞辱之外，我看不到其他目的。這樣判案的法官，也是idiot。