Drug Court Controversy....Is There a Cover Up ???

 As predicted by the BatBlog when the news first broke on the Clark Co. drug court controversy last year....no one was criminally charged from Judge Jerry Jacobi's staff and Jacobi himself got merely a slap on the wrist for his involvement in last year's drug court fiasco.

  In exchange for Jacobi agreeing to never be a judge again, the judicial commission assigned to the case agreed to stop any further investigation into the incidents that spawned a federal lawsuit against Clark Co. by nearly 40 drug court defendants who have claimed rights violations.

  Is there a cover up here ??? Damn right there is... Every voter, taxpayer and citizen in Clark Co. should be outraged about this curious decision to let Jacobi off the hook with out even following up on the allegations, These were serious allegations of false arrests, denying citizens of due process and their rights to an attorney. Several defendants were held in jail for months past their release time.

  So we are left with basically no personal punishment evoked for denying these people their constitutional rights by a judge whose duty and oath was  to uphold and apply law. By no charges being filed against the two fired employees the public will never know the complete story and facts that would have come forth in a trial of law. While we can guess that the two employees were simply following Jacobi's orders, we are left with questions instead of answers on the curious and convenient decision of investigators and the judicial commission NOT to charge or punish ANYONE in these disturbing actions.

  The punishment will be dealt instead to the innocent taxpayers of Clark Co. who will more than likely have to pony up huge dollar amounts to the drug court defendants in their civil suit. The only thing Jacobi gets out of this whole mess is a legacy of being a "crooked" judge who may have been more guilty and a worse person than many of those he passed judgement on  all those years he sat on the bench.  And sadly there is not a damn thing we can do about it.....