re: Oklahomans apparently elected a middle school girl as a district judge

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The judge’s cellphone use came to public attention in July, when The Oklahoman published more than 50 minutes of courtroom security footage and reported that it showed the judge texting and scrolling Facebook during Mr. Martzall’s trial.

In response to the “publicity,” Judge Soderstrom had the courtroom security camera moved so that she was out of view, Chief Justice Kane wrote.

When the camera was moved back to its original location, a “black box was inserted to block out the bottom half of the viewing area,” so that Judge Soderstrom would once again be obscured from view, Chief Justice Kane wrote.

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expressed bias in favor of the defendant and displayed gross partiality against the state,” Chief Justice Kane wrote.

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