OUTRAGEOUS: The black judge overseeing the gang-r*pe case of slain white LSU student Madison Brooks in Louisiana is the mother of a convicted serial r*pist and has refused to recuse herself. ⠀ Judge Gail Horne Ray's son Nelson Taylor pleaded guilty in 1997 to multiple forcible r*pes of teenage girls, including classmates at Baton Rouge High. She served as his defense attorney at the time. ⠀ Prosecutors asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to remove her from the cases against Desmond Carter, Casen Carver, and Kaivon Washington. The court kept her on the bench after lower courts had ordered her off. ⠀ Carter faces a jury trial set for December 7. Carver's bench trial is scheduled for late November. Both men are charged with r*pe offenses tied to the January 2023 incident involving Brooks. ⠀ Ray recently found Carter's attorney in contempt for using Brooks' full name in a filing that tried to ban pink clothing in the courtroom. She imposed no penalty. ⠀ Taylor, now in his mid-40s, has sought to overturn those old convictions while also pleading guilty to a separate obscenity charge from 2024. All local judges recused themselves from his matters. ⠀ Think about what it means for the Brooks family when the judge deciding these charges has that family history and the state's highest court left her in place. ⠀ #JusticeForMadison #MadisonBrooks