Summary
Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, died by suicide in his courtroom on his last day in office after losing a re-election bid.
He was found Tuesday morning at Effingham County State Courthouse, with investigators believing the incident occurred late Monday or early Tuesday.
Yekel, appointed in 2022, had recently attempted to resign but was denied by Governor Brian Kemp.
He was also facing a wrongful termination lawsuit from a former court employee.
After reading the comments here it’s plain to see that the moral compass of lemmy is directly proportional to how the hive-mind happens to feel about the victim.
It’s pretty shameful to see so many people climbing over one another while salivating over who can make the best joke about a man that committed suicide.
It seems that every day, you all become more and more like Reddit.
Maybe kindess has to be respected. Otherwise if you behave like a monster all your life, you kind of deserve the monstrosity thrown back at you.
There’s a mile of broad daylight between cheering a suicide and just not saying anything at all.
Suicide isn’t something to make fun of. Despite who falls victim to it. I shouldn’t have to explain this to an adult.
Lately, I’ve been seriously questioning the number of adults on Lemmy. Undecided if it matters. But I definitely roll my eyes at a few comments and downvotes.
Hey I’m an old-ass man and one less old-ass country judge might mean better sentences for countless people
This thread in particular is starting to scare the fuck out of me. If you look at the modlog, someone got their comment deleted for saying that judges deserve to be raped and murdered.
Edit: We’ll add the person who responded to me just now implying that forum moderators also deserve to be murdered. But hey, there’s no underlying sickness here or anything.
Not raped, for sure. But…
But nothing. This entire thread is fucking sick. People have no fucking shame.
The shame is blindly supporting corruption. Anyone who abuses their power should be removed from power. From judges to mods.
Fuck a judge. Wish they’d got the deputies.
What do you know about this person that makes you say they have behaved like a monster all their lives?
Their whole job is putting people in cages or worse.
First of all, he wasn’t born a judge.
Secondly, what is your proposed alternative to a judicial system?
The problem with reddit isn’t actually people being consoled by the death of violent torturers.