What USCA 18?

Title 18 of the United States Code is the main criminal code of the federal government of the United States. The Title deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure.

What’s the purpose of Title 18, Section 242?

Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. For the purpose of Section 242, acts under “color of law” include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within…

When does a judge act intentionally and knowingly?

When a judge acts intentionally and knowingly to deprive a person of his constitutional rights he exercises no discretion or individual judgment; he acts no longer as a judge, but as a ” minister” of his own prejudices. [386 U.S. 547, 568].

Can a judge be forced to recuse himself from a case?

Any judge who does such a thing is under mandatory, non-discretionary duty to recuse himself or herself from the case, and this rarely happens unless someone can force them to do so with the evidence of violations of procedure and threat of losing half their pensions for life which is what can take place.

Can a judge not disqualify himself under the law?

Judges do not have discretion not to disqualify themselves. By law, they are bound to follow the law. Should a judge not disqualify himself as required by law, then the judge has given another example of his “appearance of partiality” which, possibly, further disqualifies the judge.

Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. For the purpose of Section 242, acts under “color of law” include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within…

Who are the people charged with violating Section 242?

Additionally, Marlowe was charged with violating seven counts of 18 U.S.C. 242 (deprivation of civil rights under color of law); Hale was charged with three counts of violating 242; Conatser and Ferrell were charged with two counts of violating 242; Locke was charged with one count of violating 242.

Who was indicted under 18 u.s.c.242?

On August 4, 1992, the same four officers were indicted on two federal counts of violating 18 U.S.C. 242 — three officers for the excessive beating of King and the fourth (the supervisory sergeant) for failing to stop them.

Who are the federal prosecutors in Section 242?

The defendant was a private citizen who “worked over” a suspect with two law enforcement officers. A team of federal prosecutors from both the Criminal Section as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles then undertook an exhaustive investigation, in which new evidence was developed during three months of grand jury.