DeSantis is petitioning the State Legislature to impeach Judge Tiffany Baker: “Until you start holding these judges ACCOUNTABLE, they are going to continue to find ways to benefit the criminal element!” Which he's 100% right about and we have seen it not just in cases like these but look at what they're doing to President Trump and after each thing he does all these "OBAMA / CLINTON" pro Criminal behavior leftist Judges are doing this.
Mostly are women all liberal, all either black or Latina Judges and the few male white Judges doing it are all soyboy looking liberal activists again "Obama/Clinton" friendly or appointed by them directly judges. Now some were put there by the Joe Biden AutoPen White House but we all know Obama was really calling the shots there from behind the curtains. Ron went on to say that “This was an outrage. This was such an easy call to make sure that this guy was put behind bars, and this judge refused to do it!”
Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the Florida House to impeach Leon Circuit Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper during the signing in Tampa of “Missy’s Law,” legislation that was prompted by the murder of a 5-year-old Tallahassee girl.
Melissa "Missy" Mogle died May 19, 2025, after losing consciousness at her home in Southwood. She was rushed to the hospital with telltale signs all over her body of severe child abuse, from cuts and bruises to ligature and burn marks.
Her stepfather, Daniel Spencer, 36, and her mother, Chloe Spencer, 24, were later indicted on first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and other charges. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against both of them. At the time of her death, Daniel Spencer was free on bond following his conviction a month earlier in an unrelated underage sex sting. The prosecutor asked Baker-Carper to remand Spencer to jail while he awaited sentencing, but she allowed him to remain free on bond.
"This was an outrage," DeSantis said. "This was such an easy call to make sure that this guy was put behind bars. And this judge refused to do it, knowing the risks, and the result has obviously been a tragedy." The governor, standing at a lectern with a sign that read "Law & Order," said Missy’s death was “totally preventable” and called the judge’s handling of her stepfather’s case “a miscarriage of justice” and a “dereliction of judicial duty.”
Judge Tiffany Baker refused to revoke the bond of a convicted pedophile, leading to the murder of Missy Mogle. The Florida House has a duty to hold Judge Baker accountable.
— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) March 31, 2026
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“I appreciate the Legislature for passing this,” he said. “But I will just say to my friends in the Florida House of Representatives, I don’t think what you’ve done is enough. You have the power, and you have sufficient numbers in your chamber to impeach this judge, Tiffany Baker. Until you start holding these judges accountable, they are going to continue finding ways to benefit the criminal element.” DeSantis, who was surrounded by Missy's family members, went on to say that the state constitution vests the House with the ability to impeach a circuit judge with a two-thirds majority vote. “Last time I checked, we’ve got way more than two-thirds of Republicans,” he said. “Honestly, I think some Democrats would vote to impeach given what’s happened in this case.”
Missy's tragic life story has unfolded in the pages of the Tallahassee Democrat for months. The Democrat investigated what led to Missy's death, uncovering records from deep within family court files and typically confidential Department of Children and Families (DCF) investigative reports. Her death sparked an outpouring of grief in Florida’s capital city and raised questions about how the state’s child welfare system, the courts, police and others might have failed to protect her.
The bill signing and news conference was held March 31 at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's regional operations center in Tampa. Missy's family, including her maternal grandparents, Pepper and Andy Mogle of Wakulla County, who raised her for the first years or her life, stood beside the governor as he signed the law. The family wore matching pink T-shirts that read "Our Disney Princess." Pepper Mogle appeared before lawmakers during the legislative session to urge them to approve the legislation. “I’m excited that they have passed the bill and that the governor is going to sign it,” she said before the event. "We feel relieved and that the baby is getting justice.” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who participated in the news conference, first proposed the law in the aftermath of Missy's death. Rep. Sam Greco, R-St. Augustine, and Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, sponsored companion bills that sailed through committee stops with little resistance.
In the hours after Missy's death, State Attorney Jack Campbell blasted Baker-Carper, saying the little girl would be alive if the judge had ruled otherwise. Uthmeier soon weighed in himself, condemning Baker-Carper and putting forth the Missy's Law proposal. Baker-Carper is up for re-election this year, but has not drawn an opponent thus far. The legislation requires judges to remand defendants to custody immediately after their conviction of certain dangerous crimes rather than allow them to remain free pending sentencing, which happened in the case of Missy’s stepfather.
The legislation (HB 445 and SB 928) picked up opposition from some Democrats and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, which defended the judge's handling of the case. Daniel Spencer was found guilty of traveling to meet a minor after a one-day trial on April 15, 2025. Afterward, Baker-Carper announced she would not remand him to custody. “He has been out for an entire year as far as I saw with no violations," Baker-Carper said. "I didn’t see any criminal history regarding violence. The only criminal history I saw was relating to drug offenses when I looked. Madam prosecutor, you’re free to enlighten the court if I’ve missed something.”
It's unclear from the record whether the judge or prosecutor were aware at the time that the Tallahassee Police Department, in consultation with the State Attorney's Office, and DCF had investigated allegations that Daniel Spencer molested Missy. Both agencies dropped their investigations without taking action because of a lack of probable cause. The passage of Missy's Law was a legislative priority of the Leon County Commission. Before a unanimous vote supporting the bill in October, Commissioner Christian Caban noted Leon County has seen a rise in crimes against children. After the law was signed, he called the tragedy a clear example of a "broken loophole in the system." "This is real reform that protects children and families," he said. "Missy's name will never be forgotten." DeSantis' call to the House may be a tall order.
Impeaching a Florida circuit judge requires a two-thirds vote by the Florida House of Representatives to bring charges (impeach) for misdemeanors in office, followed by a two-thirds vote by the Florida Senate to convict and remove them. Florida’s Judicial Qualifications Commission is now the primary mechanism for disciplining judges and, when necessary, recommending removal from office, replacing impeachment as the state’s modern judicial-oversight process. Created after the state’s older impeachment system proved rarely used, the commission investigates complaints, can recommend sanctions and serves as the main route for addressing misconduct by sitting judges.
The state’s constitution still says, “At any time, on request of the speaker of the house of representatives or the governor, the (JQC) shall make available all information in (its) possession for use in consideration of impeachment or suspension, respectively.” It also says the JQC’s “power of removal ... shall be both alternative and cumulative to the power of impeachment.” The last state judge to be impeached and removed was Circuit Judge Samuel Smith of Lake City in 1978. He had been criminally convicted on charges stemming from a variety of alleged activities, including drug trafficking, bribery, prostitution and dog-fight gambling, according to a 1992 St. Petersburg Times article.
The last state judge to be impeached before that was Richard Kelly in 1963, "for offenses such as having 'embarked on a continuous course of conduct to intimidate and embarrass members of the Pasco County Bar Association and officials of Pasco County.' ” “The Senate acquitted him," the Times reported. "The impeachment apparently did not dim Kelly's popularity with voters. He was elected to the U.S. House in 1974, but was defeated in 1980 after his indictment in the Abscam scandal." Later on March 31, Uthmeier openly called for Baker-Carper's impeachment: "I sent a letter to Speaker Perez calling for him to begin impeachment proceedings. Radical judges must not be allowed to endanger our kids," he said in an X post.
IMPEACH HER, and start impeaching nationwide we say! Can't keep looking away and I wish more people in power like Governors would do this and do like what Ron Desantis is doing.
