A Lincoln County (Oklahoma) District judge is under investigation after security footage showed the jurist scrolling through her phone throughout a seven-day murder trial. Judge Traci Soderstrom, a new state judge elected in November, oversaw a brutal murder trial that began last month. The case involved 32-year-old Khristian Tyler Martzall, who was accused of beating his then-girlfriend's 2-year-old son, Braxton Danker, to death, according to The Oklahoman, which first reported on Soderstrom's courtroom conduct.
According to the local paper, this was Soderstrom's first case. She began the trial by instructing the jury members to turn off all electronic devices — a common courtroom protocol — so that they could "concentrate on the evidence without interruption," The Oklahoman reported. Soon, Soderstrom proceeded to check her phone.
What part of the word mis-trial do you think she doesn't get?
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Defense attorney to Judge Traci Soderstrom: "Can you say 'mis-trial'?"
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