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Judge Maria Lopez

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The Resume

    (1953- )
    Raised in Miami, Florida
    Resides in Boston, Massachusetts
    Appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court (1993)
    Judge on Judge Maria Lopez (September 11, 2006- )

Why she might be annoying:

    Her TV credo is 'Justice will be served spicy.'
    She looks over her glasses like an arrogant scolding teacher.
    She has a low deep nasally voice like a frog.
    She smokes.
    She was divorced.
    She enjoys demeaning litigants by calling them idiots.
    Publicity for her show claims 'a refreshing approach to the courtroom genre.' One question - How?
    She gave child molester Charles 'Ebony' Horton, who plead guilty to kidnapping and threatened an eleven year old boy, probation (2000).
    Besides the extremely lenient sentence, she scolded the prosecutor prompting an investigation.
    A judicial review concluded she lied under oath because she was bias against prosecutors and recommend a six month suspension.
    Rather than accept the suspension she resigned (May 2003).

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her family escaped Cuba when she was eight (1961).
    She learned English in three months.
    She graduated Smith College and Boston University Law School.
    She was Massachusetts first female Hispanic judge (1988).
    Her show films in New York City.
    She is the third Cuban judge on English-US TV, joining Marilyn Milian and Judge Alex Ferrer.
    She joined Cristina Perez as the third/fourth hispanic judge on English-US TV.
    She was lenient to child molester Horton, because he was transgendered and she is a strong proponent of diversity.
    Her resignation began: 'I sincerely apologize for my loss of temper in court.'
    In her resignation, she stated she would rather not 'dishonor my 14 years on the bench, my principals, or the Massachusetts Judiciary by admitting to that which I did not do.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 16 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 92.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 60.98% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 73 Votes: 76.71% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 104 Votes: 70.19% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 71.94% Annoying