Jackson Jambalaya

There seems to be no end to this idiocy. What's the reason for it? Low bail, released on own recognizance, prayers and poems for criminals, catch and release....What The Fuck?

I'm surprised it's that much.

WOW & not in a good way. That is pitiful & explains so much about what is going on in the city of Jackson. No value placed on human life. That judge needs to be GONE.

I've got a new slogan of the City of Jackson
"Jackson Mississippi, The City that got what it asked for"

You all seem to forget- "It's OUR TIME now!"

If I am correct - that means the defendant had to come up with 2k to walk free on a murder charge. Yikes

@3:41...What's Next? Zero bond? Send 'em back home to Ahn-tee's porch?

Someone needs to look into Judge Adrienne Wooten. She is a defense attorney on the bench, making faces of disgust at victim’s, and gleefully celebrating when the guilty are let loose. If all of Jackson could see what was happening in that courtroom they would be appalled. Judge Wooten only has sympathy for violent criminals. Bad things are happening in there. The people of Jackson deserve so much better.

This kind of thing was predicted when Wooten was elected.

Give Wooten some time. This will prove to be one of her best rulings.

Who was Jones' attorney? Wooten will help her friends and dead people don't vote anyway.

Another blessing.

When he murders again while on bail, the judge should be liable.

No amount of happy talk from Jackson apologists needed.

@4:38

Who told you dead people don't vote? Man, are you misinformed!! You don't know Hinds County and Canton, MS democrats.

The last judge election sealed Hinds County’s fate. 7 radicals now “serve” as county and circuit court judges. Get out while you still can.

Couple of things should be noted:

1) Did she set the bond or did she allow the bond to remain that had been put in place by a lower court?
2) If she allowed the bond that had been put in place by a lower court, there was nothing wrong with her leaving the bond amount in place if the defendant had stayed out of trouble and appeared for court, because that means the bond is working. You cant just increase a bond because you don't like if its working.
3) We know nothing about the evidence. You all would be surprised about how many people are indicted and the charges get dropped, remanded, or reduced. That's not just Hinds County, that's every county. You cant treat a person like they are guilty just because they are indicted.

I am an attorney who has practiced in front of Judge Wooten, she does send people to prison, has sent some of my clients. She holds court on a regular basis and makes people do their job. No person who has sat in her court room believes she is in there just turning people loose.

May Karma rule and those involved in this outrageous action get what they deserve. Hopefully it will be bad for them.

Wooten is an idiot. She does not know the law, but is quick to tell you that it is her name outside the door of the courtroom. She is vindictive when challenged, so much so that she threatens to withhold evidence or allow inadmissible evidence if crossed.
Kingfish, I challenge you to sit in and observe! All the voters who cast their vote for her need to pray they do not become a victim in any case before her! She is NOT the answer to cleaning up crime in Hinds County!

Earlier this week Hinds County racists were labeling Madison/Rankin county judges as racist for daring to hand out stiff sentences for serious crime. I commented that thugs should stay in Hinds county where racist judges don't believe the little darlings should be dealt with as firmly.

Apparently this thug read my post.

Have the Martin Tripletts made good on their million dollar pledge to Jackson State?

Adrianne is a absolute joke. She knows the law about as much as a 1st semester law school student... it's sad I know. Anyway, she is what she is.

Friday is the summer solstice. People you haven't seen anything yet. Wait till July & Augest gets here. There will Mayhem in the street of Jackson & the overflow cities of Ridgeland, Flowood, Pearl, Byram, & Terry.

@6:57. How long y’all been married?

6:57 YOU ARE CORRECT!

I was in court today. The bond was set by the lower court and the defendant appeared. ADA stood up and requested an increase and Judge Wooten asked repeatedly why it should be increased. The only explanation given by the ADA was “because it’s murder”... Judge Wooten gave the ADA every opportunity to give a reason, any reason, and none was offered. Ultimately Judge Wooten said that she was not going to raise the bond previously set by another Judge without any reason given by the State.

Additionally, she denied bond on multiple cases today all when she had the opportunity. Today was my first day in front of Judge Wooten because I quit taking Weil cases years ago because he was such an a-hole... I was actually impressed with her once she finally arrived in the courtroom.

All but impossible for one "culture" to impose their definition of civility on the other "culture".

Will someone who practices criminal law please help me out here? Why isn't just about everyone (absent extraordinary circumstances) who is charged with murder considered to be a potential danger to the community, and therefore denied bond?

She is the WORST thing to happen in Hinds County! People need to look into her and quick before it is too late. She is not fair or impartial and does not know the law. She rules based on her mood that day. Additionally she shows up to court 40 minutes late sometimes, talk about a waste of county resources. This will not be last time she is in the news for nonsense! People of Hinds County need to get her off the bench ASAP before any more killers go free. She has one goal in her mind to clear the docket and she does not care how it gets done and who gets hurt in the process.

I have been in front of Judge Wooten multiple times since she took the bench. She has always been well prepared, measured in her rulings (some of have gone my way, some have not), and shown a proper temperament. My experience has not matched the negative that people keep posting on here (i.e., she doesn't know the law, she is one-sided, etc.). I give both she and Judge Peterson high marks for how they are running their court rooms and managing their dockets.

She also refuses to issue warrants on or revoke probationers who violate probation by committing new crimes.

Not to be the contrarian here but a comment said that the ADA was not able to give the judge a reason to increase the bail. Seems like that's the person to be mad at.

Either there's a presumption of innocence and a right to bail or there's not. One of the fruits of low admission standards to law school, a drive-by Bar exam and a state bar that poorly regulates the practice is lousy lawyers. Maybe the ADA is one of them. Then again maybe there's something wrong with the case. You know it's possible to have a guilty defendant and a lousy case.

Anybody who lives or works in Jackson knows full well what they have bought into. It's a crime-ridden cesspool with poor public services, law and order among them.

Quit whining. Move to Orlando or to some other place where public officials are held to a higher standard. For crying out loud look at the governor, the AG.

Allow me to remind you good folk carping about this on going "catch and release" program in Jackson that these buffoons running the Hinds County Courts were elected by the voters of Hinds County. Over and over. The majority of Hinds county voters must be comfortable with the way things are going. Otherwise...

11:09 PM - Judge Wooten, I didn't know that you participated here. Welcome aboard.

8:57 and 11:09 - Here's a fair rendition of the comments you will make (or email) to these two judges: "Hi Judge. Did you see the positive remarks I made about you on that Jambalaya blog page Yesterday? Just wanted you to know I think you're the best thing to happen in Jackson/Hinds in many years. Look forward to appearing before you again soon."

Everyone who has ever worked with Wooten says she's crazy. Just ask her former colleagues in the legislature. They were thrilled to be rid of her.

Jackson is in the express lane on the highway to municipal hell. Courts, roads, general crime. Oh and apparently Ridgeland is picking up right where Jackson leaves off...

Jackson's crime coming to Ridgeland and Clinton? Who knew? Never saw that coming.

Lock and load. Build the walls.

My experience with Wooten as a judge thus far, on civil cases only, is that she tries to do what is right but has a difficult time understanding and applying the law. She also is already having a tough time keeping up with her docket. But these issues are not unique to her among the circuit judges in Hinds County.

Judge Wooten is a breath of fresh air following eight years of Jeff Weill, a person who truly lacked understanding of law given his many many many reversals. I do not practice in her courtroom but have sat in several times and observed motion hearings etc. She is thoughtful and gives complete deference to the law, regardless of how offensive it may be to some people. Our system depends upon following the laws that are enacted by our legislature and the rules promulgated by our Supreme Court. If you don't like the laws, clean house in the legislature but don't blame a judge for what she is bound to do. That goes for the rules and the high court judges that write them. 9:22, not all murder defendants are dangerous... consider how many castle doctrine cases get charged and indicted in Hinds County where the defendant was defending himself and his family at his own home yet the DA chooses to indict him for murder... juries usually acquit these cases in the end of the day and there is not a reason in the world a defendant under these kinds of circumstances should sit in jail for three to four years waiting for a trial.
Good job Judge Wooten... keep following the law!

@12:06 no need to be anonymous Alison Kelly. We know that’s you. Butt buddies with the judge and heavily donated to her campaign. Your views should not be counted as you also doesn’t know the law.

Some of you people need to be careful with your words in questioning Judge Wooten's performance. It appears that some of you are implying that a black woman is somehow interior in her abilities. Do not mistake her shortcomings of vocabulary or grammar as inferiority. She is just as capable as a white male who speaks in the white vernacular.

12:06 this actually is Alison Kelly...interesting take on my relationship with a Judge Wooten... I met her for the first time following a trial by Chris Routh from our office... I introduced myself at the bench.
And no to those of you who wander blindly in the land of the uninformed, I did not make any contribution to her campaign.

That's what she said. Point for AK.