Editorial: Coercion from the bench 

Posted: 5:56 pm Thu, November 5, 2009
By Daily Record Staff

We wholeheartedly concur with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in overturning a murder conviction because of shocking statements to a crucial witness by Judge John C. Themelis, who coerced the witness to testify. After the witness sought to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights, Judge Themelis told her, “You have no rights, ma’am. … You have ...