Texas Judge William Adams suspended over beating video

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Judge William Adams

(Credit: Aransas County Court)

(CBS/AP) McALLEN, Texas - The Texas family law judge whose daughter secretly videotaped him savagely beating her in 2004 has been suspended as a judge by the Texas Supreme Court.

According to an order signed Tuesday by the clerk of the state's highest court, Aransas County court-at-law Judge William Adams is suspended immediately with pay pending the outcome of the inquiry started by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct earlier this month.

The Associated Press reports that the order makes clear that while Adams agreed to the commission's recommended temporary suspension and waived the hearing and notice requirements, he does not admit "guilt, fault or wrongdoing" regarding the allegations. His attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Adams' now 23-year-old daughter Hillary Adams uploaded the 2004 video of her father beating her repeatedly with a belt.

According to the AP, Adams won't be charged for beating his daughter because statute of limitations has run out.

Complete coverage of the Texas beating caught on tape on Crimesider

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by Patriotdad November 28, 2011 5:04 PM EST: Judge Adams is called a liar by a local attorney in a filing against the judge in the case where Judge Adams ruled it was not relevent to a custody case that one parent's preferred babysitter was under State care as a homicidal, hallucinating, part-time psychotic day care provider.

Here is a link to the TV interview and even more about Judge Adams and what appears to be a racketeering organization.

Abusing women and children has been a past time of this judge and a several other judges and attorneys.

http://thepatriotdad.wordpress.com/judge-adams-is-a-liar-the-texas-bar-is-helping-him/; Reply to this comment

by credibility2 November 27, 2011 5:55 PM EST

The kid deserved the beating...to heck with her daddy and mommy...cut her off for good...no more financial help...no more indulging her...do this, no matter how much she whines, moans or complains...she is demon seed...

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by catwoman1952 November 28, 2011 1:13 PM EST: have you ever been beaten like that, if not, I suggest you try it and then post your answer......dumba**


by Jhihmoac November 27, 2011 9:30 AM EST: Take away you kid's car (or expense account) for whatever reason, and there'll be hell to pay...; Reply to this comment

by Michael_Atlanta November 26, 2011 3:21 PM EST

Dear Mr. Founders1792,

You stated the following:

"When you become more grounded IN LAW, you will find that corporal punishment is not intended to cause 'permanent harm'. It IS for behavior modification. The entire basis of our legal system is on FEAR of what authorities will do to you if you get caught breaking the law."

I must have skipped those days in Civics & Psych 101 classes! Am I reading you right? No...I had to have missed something. The ENTIRE basis of our legal system is on fear of getting caught breaking the law? Are you sh***ing me? And this entire time I believed it was based on moral & ethical behavior based on education from both home and school, not to mention the common sense of DOING THE RIGHT THING SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING!!! Is that is what is keeping you out of jail? The fear of going to prison? Are we as Americans to FEAR all authorities? You & the rest of your NRA self righteous "fundamentalist" need a bit more time away from Fox News Entertainment.

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by Michael_Atlanta November 26, 2011 10:28 PM EST: Dear Mr. Founders1792

Morality (definition):
n.
1. The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.
2. A system of ideas of right and wrong conduct.

Idiot (definition):
n
1. (Psychiatry) a person with severe mental retardation
2. a foolish or senseless person
3. Founders1792

See? You can learn new words every day! Hope it helps.

Sincerely,
Mike


by Irby32 November 26, 2011 2:27 PM EST: He's a scumbag; Reply to this comment

by RedDeath50 November 26, 2011 9:49 AM EST

Suspended with pay????

Isn't that sort of like a vacation??

Pathetic. He should publicly flogged!!

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by MARYBAKER November 27, 2011 6:14 AM EST: He has shown no remorse or regret that he not only physically beat his daughter like she was a savage fully grown man, but he has scarred her emotionally! Without pay..my ass! He should be fired and publicly ostracized!!! He had the welfare of our most endangered children in his hands, how could he be allowed to stay on the bench just because the statue of limitations is over?? If she had released thistape earlier I'm sure there would have been alot of cases he ruled on would have been thrown out. Imagine..a fanily law JUDGE beating his own daughter..Personaly I'm mad as hell about him getting away with it not being found out sooner, and where is this child's mother at?? I was beaten the exact same way when I was 14 the police went and got my dad from work and all he could say was "why r u doing this to me?" R U Kiddin me,, what about what u did to me? The police wanted me to press charges but couldn't promise me I would never have to go home, they should have a children's advocate for these things. I was afraid to press charges they sent me home with him. I ran away 5 or 6 times for 2 years then got fake id's and got married at 16. He never said he was sorry for it and now he has died....I will never have closure but she has a chance to. It has been reported he wouldn't give her money or something like that is why he beat her, he had probably been paying her way to keep her mouth shut to begin with. I don't blame her for hatin on him,, I am still angry at my Dad for what he did but I'm more angry that the courts had no way to deal with child abuse in a better way! And from this story they still have it wrong. He would have a conviction on his record and could not keep his job, I'm sure he reminded her every day that if he isn't making money she wasn't getting any.


by moretruthnow November 25, 2011 11:30 PM EST: I'm glad he is getting heat for what he did to his daughter. He was brutal and that is why the taping was so disturbing. She had been beaten that way many times before from what she said and only filmed this because is was continually what was happening to her. This is the first news I have seen about this subject since it first came to the public's attention. Action has been taken.; Reply to this comment


by texbelle123 November 25, 2011 8:59 PM EST: When on earth is this story going to be old enough for CBS to pull from it's "front page"? Going on a week now, and it was old then. Good grief. Find something else to feature on Crimesider.; Reply to this comment


by djseavy November 25, 2011 8:10 PM EST: I fully agree that a belt is NOT necessary. I also fully agree there is a line between punishment and abuse. But I don't agree that anybody who spanks their child is somehow a monster. We have more juvenile murders; teachers being intimidated by juvenile students; juveniles in kiddie prison and on and on. We also have an insanely high number of juveniles on "psych meds" to alter their behavior. Maybe - just maybe - if we stop looking for a syndrome to cover bad behavior and start laying down the law on kids, things would turn around. And if that means a spanking is appropriate at some point - so be it. There are many kids that never need corporal punishment. There are just as many that perhaps a good spanking would get their attention and they wouldn't end up in prisons or lined up at the pharmacy drugging their bad behaviors away. I can't wait to see what names I'll be called for this. I raised two boys - had to spank only about twice - and they are fine, upstanding solid citizens today. They also have respect for other people. Imagine that - they're not part of the ME ME ME crowd!; Reply to this comment

by justiceSeeker2011 November 25, 2011 3:59 PM EST

My step dad is a retired fundamental baptist minister. I could not believe it when I saw the video of this judge...it was EXACTLY like how my step dad used to beat me and my brother, two differences: there was no cursing and we were little children. He started beating us regularly from the time I was 8 until my last beating at 14. I hate him and all hypocritical christians. Wish they'd had social services looking at the black and blue belt marks on my legs as a kid. My step dad believed he was obeying god by beating us, my mother looked on. Thank you mom!

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by moretruthnow November 25, 2011 11:38 PM EST: I am so sorry that you were victimized in this way. I would hate him too. He has no excuse for his brutal treatment of you and your brother. You mother should have stepped up, but too often they don't. That man was not listening to God. He was doing evil toward little children. He is wicked and there is no way he can justify his behavior.


by android06user November 26, 2011 9:03 AM EST: I am sorry too that you endured this type of abuse. I cannot imagine. Yes you are right, there are hypocrites. As well, this person was not your father and had no right to abuse you or your brother. Your mother was no help and did not protect you or your brother. You are justified to feel as you do. God Bless You.