"Senior U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow of the Northern District of Illinois is presiding over the trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez, who is accused of soliciting the murder of Bovino, according to a story by CBS News. The trial begins this week. Investigators allege that Martinez sent Snapchat messages offering a bounty of $2,000 for information and $10,000 more "if you take him down," along with a photo of Bovino, according to CBS News."
"Lefkow then testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the "fostering of disrespect for judges can only encourage those who are on the edge, or on the fringe, to exact revenge," according to the Chicago Sun-Times, and she called on the committee to help sustain "a society based on the rule of law, instead of right being defined by might.""
Judge Joan Lefkow presides over the trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez, who faces charges of soliciting the murder of Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino. Investigators allege Martinez sent Snapchat messages offering $2,000 for information and $10,000 more "if you take him down," along with a photo of Bovino. In 2005, Lefkow found her mother and husband shot to death in her basement; the investigation pointed to a man she had ruled against in a civil rights lawsuit, who killed himself days later. Lefkow has advocated for increased judicial security and warned that fostering disrespect for judges encourages revenge and undermines the rule of law.
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