“I’m going to apologize on behalf of the Court because I think we violated your rights,” Cumberland County Judge Jessica Brewbaker told a 60-year-old man at a probation revocation hearing on May 21, 2024, according to a recently filed lawsuit.
Gregory Williamson had just spent 48 days sitting in jail with no hearing on allegations he violated his release conditions related to a minor marijuana possession case, the lawsuit said.
He was his mother’s sole caregiver at the time of his revocation but she was moved to an Alzheimer’s facility because he wasn’t given the opportunity to make care arrangements for her…