Judge Eddins should resign after sentencing a child rapist to six days in jail.

Sign this petition to show your support for the resignation of judge Todd Eddins ( Hawaii 1st circuit court).Judge Todd Eddins needs to be removed from the bench because:·         Eddins threw out an agreed upon plea deal at day of sentencing (after months of acceptance), in favor of Bruggman.·         Eddins refused the only request for continuance by the prosecution  when victim’s doctor was out of town, after defense was allowed over a dozen.·         Eddins ordered the child victim to be subjected to a competency hearing which allowed Tommy Otake to repeatedly call the child victim a liar before the trial. Eddins allowed the verbal abuse of a child in front of him only to then throw out the only family member in courtroom.·         Eddins expected a plea agreement the day after the family was extremely fragile due to questioning.·         Eddins accepted a plea deal the family was not fully informed on and did not fully agreed to.Eddins refused the victim’s family to withdraw deal when family said they were emotionally  blackmailed into it the day the child left the competency hearing in tears   ·         Eddins refused the mother’s right of having her brief victim impact statement read in full, in the court·    As he was reading out the no contact order judge Eddins look compassionately into the child rapist eyes and said that this was for his protection     A system created by wealthy white men protects wealthy white men.·         When judges on benches see themselves reflected in the face of a perpetrator and recuse him of all responsibility, they will not feel a modicum of remorse due to their privilege of race and class. A Methods of removal for Judge Todd Eddins is forthe representatives to vote him out s o please call your legislators. They say life goes on; yet that has not been the case for my daughter ever since she was the victim of severe sexual abuse during her first grade year. In May of 2015 I found out that my then six year old daughter was the target of ongoing sexual assaults by my boss Todd Bruggman. That night we reported the crime and her offender was arrested. Within a week, Bruggman was indicted by a grand jury of first, second, and third degree sexual assault on my 6 year old daughter. On the day he was indicted, Bruggman made bail and was released to live in his home with two young children (one building away from where my daughter and I lived at the time). Soon after, Bruggman was seen lurking around the common area of our apartment complex where it was known that my daughter and other children would often meet to play. This transgression was reported to the police by a credible witness yet no actions were taken. My daughter was never allowed to play with her friends there again and I was forced to make rushed moving arrangements in order to ensure my daughters safety.           In 2015 we were told to be ready to testify in an open courtroom in three months, then the trial was delayed. As the months went by, our anticipation grew to an unbearable peak just to be told we would not have our day in court on that date and to be ready in another three months, a pattern that has now gone on for years. Because of the twelve extensions granted (all at the request of the defense), our case has been through two prosecuting attorneys, three witness advocates and has switched judge four times When venting my frustrations to the current prosecutor handling my case, the only condolence she could provide was that this was normal in cases involving child victims of sexual abuse. She then cited a similar case she is currently handling that has been in their office for over four years and still waiting for trial due to unwanted delays.             The defendant requested dozens of delays and they were granted. My Sign this petition to show your support for the resignation of judge Todd Eddins ( Hawaii 1st circuit court). Judge Todd Eddins needs to be removed from the bench because:·         Eddins threw out an agreed upon plea deal at day of sentencing, in favor of Bruggman.·         Eddins refused request for continuance when victim’s doctor was out of town, after defense was allowed over a dozen.·         Eddins ordered the child victim to be subjected to a competency hearing which allowed Tommy Otake to repeatedly call the child victim a liar before the trial. Eddins allowed the verbal abuse of a child in front of him only to then throw out the only family member in courtroom.·         Eddins expected a plea agreement the day after the family was extremely fragile due to questioning.·         Eddins the accepted a plea deal the family was not fully informed on and did not fully agreed to.·         Eddins refused the mother’s right of having her impact statement read in full, in the court·         A system created by wealthy white men protects wealthy white men.·         When judges on benches see themselves reflected in the face of a perpetrator and recuse him of all responsibility, they will not feel a modicum of remorse due to their privilege of race and class. Methods of removal for Judge Todd Eddins include….. [Background] They say life goes on; yet that has not been the case for my daughter ever since she was the victim of severe sexual abuse during her first grade year. In May of 2015 I found out that my then six year old daughter was the target of ongoing sexual assaults by my boss Todd Bruggman. That night we reported the crime and her offender was arrested. Within a week Bruggman was indicted by a grand jury of first, second, and third degree sexual assault on my 6 year old daughter. On the day he was indicted, Bruggman made bail and was released to live in his home with two young children (one building away from where my daughter and I lived at the time). Soon after, Bruggman was seen lurking around the common area of our apartment complex where it was known that my daughter and other children would often meet to play. This transgression was reported to the police by a credible witness yet no actions were taken. My daughter was never allowed to play with her friends there again and I was forced to make rushed moving arrangements in order to ensure my daughters safety.           In 2015 we were told to be ready to testify in an open court room in three months, then the trial was delayed. As the months went by, our anticipation grew to an unbearable peak just to be told we would not have our day in court on that date and to be ready in another three months, a pattern that has now gone on for years. Because of the twelve extensions granted (all at the request of the defense), our case has been through two prosecuting attorneys, two witness advocates and has switched judges hands four times When venting my frustrations to the current prosecutor handling my case, the only condolence she could provide was that this was normal in cases involving child victims of sexual abuse. She then cited a similar case she is currently handling that has been in their office for over four years and still waiting for trial due to unwanted delays.             The defendant requested dozens of delays and they were granted. My daughter’s doctor (the one who could testify as to the trauma of incidents) was out of town and could not be a witness in court that day, so I asked for a delay. This was the only delay that was not granted.This judge also allowed Bruggman to change his guilty plea AT SENTENCING to not guilty and allowed another court date.This Judge is the one who did not allow (accommodate) my daughter’s doctor to testify.This Judge allowed him to change his plea after months of pondering it, I requested plea agreement be withdrawn the next day, and I was denied by this judge.This Judge wouldn’t allow my entire victim impact statement to be read out loud in court, my comparison of 2 privileged white men made it too political.This Judge said in court his 6 days and jail and $200 restitution  was his sentence, he would not even have to register as a sex offender.This Judge does not know how to be a judge, he needs to be removed. daughter’s doctor (the one who could testify as to the trauma of incidents) was out of town and could not be a witness in court that day, so I asked for a delay. This delay requested was the only one among  several that was not granted.This judge also allowed Bruggman to change his guilty plea AT SENTENCING to not guilty and allowed another court date.This Judge is the one who did not allow (accommodate) my daughter’s doctor to testify.This Judge allowed him to change his plea after weeks of pondering it, I requested plea agreement be withdrawn the next day, and I was denied by this judge.This Judge wouldn’t allow my entire victim impact statement to be read out loud in court, my comparison of 2 privileged white men made it too political.This Judge said in court his 6 days and jail and $200 was his sentence, he would not even have to register as a sex offender.This Judge does not know how to be a judge, he needs to be removed.