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Unclear on the Concept

News of the Weird

By News of the Weird

Published Oct. 2, 2024

Unclear on the Concept

Lincoln County (Oklahoma) District Judge Traci Soderstrom, may already be out of a job, the Associated Press reported.

In July, Soderstrom was captured on a court camera scrolling through social media and texting on her phone for minutes at a time during a trial.

Soderstrom's texts to her bailiff included comments on jurors' and prosecutors' appearances and calling a police officer who was testifying "pretty" and saying, "I could look at him all day."

She was suspended with pay pending a hearing by the Court on the Judiciary.

The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court recommended her removal: "The pattern of conduct demonstrates (Soderstrom's) gross neglect of duty, gross partiality and oppression," he said. [Associated Press, 10/11/2023]