The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court is recommending the removal of District Judge Traci Soderstrom, who exchanged more than 500 texts with her courtroom bailiff during the trial.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court is recommending the removal of a lower court judge who was caught on camera scrolling through social media and texting during a murder trial.Texts included in a court filing showed the judge mocked prosecutors, laughed at the bailiff’s comment about a prosecutor’s genitals, praised the defense attorney and called the key prosecution witness a liar, according to the petition filed Tuesday by Chief Justice John Kane IV.
“The pattern of conduct demonstrates Respondent’s gross neglect of duty, gross partiality and oppression,” Kane wrote. “The conduct further demonstrates Respondent’s lack of temperament to serve as a judge.”Soderstrom’s texts included saying the prosecutor was “sweating through his coat” during questioning of potential jurors and asking “why does he have baby hands?” according to Kane’s petition.
Martzall’s girlfriend and mother of the child, Judith Danker, pleaded guilty to enabling child abuse, was sentenced to 25 years and was a key prosecution witness who was called a liar by Soderstrom during testimony. Soderstrom’s texts also included comments questioning whether a juror was wearing a wig and if a witness has teeth and calling a police officer who testified, “pretty. I could look at him all day.”When questioned by the Council on Judicial Complaints, Soderstrom said her texting “probably could have waited” rather than realizing the comments should never have been made. She said she thought, “oh, that’s funny. Move on.
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