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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Courts - "Judge Lynch, who always wears dresses to work, said she won't take the glass stairs at the new Franklin County Common Pleas Courthouse"

Thanks to How Appealing, here is a don't miss story, complete with photos, from today's Columbus Ohio Dispatch, headed "New courthouse's glass stairs draw concerns of 'peeping': Airy feature in new Common Pleas building raises concerns of modesty ." Some quotes from the story by Elizabeth Gibson:

The central stairs of the new Franklin County Common Pleas Courthouse seem almost to float up from the ground floor, suspended in a foyer of light and glass.

However, the aesthetic appeal of the stairway has an unfortunate side-effect in a building where judges sentence sex offenders: People can see up a woman's skirt from the busy walkway under the stairs.

"If you wear dresses, you're on notice that you might want to take the elevator, as I will be doing," said Judge Julie M. Lynch, who wears dresses exclusively to work.

Although it's probably best not to advertise the issue for fear of abuse, people partial to skirts, dresses and kilts have a right to know about the risk, Lynch said.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 8, 2011 10:58 AM
Posted to Courts in general