1460: James Gosnell, Jr.

James Benjamin Gosnell, Jr. is a South Carolina Magistrate Judge, currently suspended after his arrest for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as well as creating CSAM. Gosnell previously drew national media attention when he presided over Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof’s initial court appearance, after mentioning the nine people he murdered, Gosnell then claimed there were also victims on the other side. He’s been officially reprimanded in the past for showing favoritism when a fellow judge was arrested for DUI and for using a notorious racial epithet when talking to a Black defendant.









