# Aransas Cty (TX) judge beats daughter for downloading from the Internet (2004 incident)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 2, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577 "2011-11-02T01:41:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/381 "2011-11-23T17:19:46Z")

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The public doesn’t get to decide.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577/382 "2011-11-23T17:33:10Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> The public doesn’t get to decide.

You mean like how the public didn’t get to decide to have an investigation of this guy?

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