Judge Amber Givens was found to have violated constitutional rights and exhibited disrespect toward defendants, counsel, and fellow judges.

Judge Amber Givens was found to have violated constitutional rights and exhibited disrespect toward defendants, counsel, and fellow judges.
The saga of Judge Robert Jenkins Franklin grows.
Judge Emily Tobolowsky in Dallas County dismissed Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against the ban, which was first instituted in 2024.
Judge Franklin is accused of telling a defendant he had better accept the plea deal because “dead men can’t testify.”
Judge Franklin was accused of making death threats to coerce a defendant into accepting a plea deal.
A municipal judge has a history of targeting the city’s prostitution ordinance.
Courts consider whether Texas law requires judges to officiate same-sex marriages.
A dispute over increases to legislator pensions threatened to kill a judicial pay raise in recent days.
Judge Franklin reportedly told the defendant he’d better accept the plea deal because dead men can’t testify.
A tyrannical judge who handcuffed attorneys to chairs had a disturbing track record of stripping parental rights.