Aaron Spencer Trial DELAYED: Judge Elmore Removed After Supreme Court Intervenes TWICE — 14 Legislators File Complaint
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🗓️ 28 January 2026
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Summary
Breaking developments in the Aaron Spencer case. The Arkansas Supreme Court has removed Judge Barbara Elmore from the murder trial of the father who killed the man charged with raping his daughter. This is the second time the state's highest court had to intervene because of this judge.
In May 2025, they struck down her gag order and called it "a plain, manifest, clear, and gross abuse of discretion." They warned her not to restrict public access without constitutional basis. Seven months later, she did it again — limiting courtroom attendance to 55 people with no overflow and no livestream.
She refused to recuse. The Supreme Court removed her anyway.
Now 14 Arkansas state legislators have filed a formal complaint with the Judicial Discipline Commission. Critical dashcam evidence has gone missing. The detective's testimony doesn't match how the camera actually works. And prosecutors want to use bodycam footage from three months before the shooting to argue premeditation.
Aaron Spencer remains charged with second-degree murder. He's running for Lonoke County Sheriff against the man whose department arrested him. The primary is March 3rd.
Judge Barbara Elmore faces no consequences. She's back on the bench Monday. The only person who's faced real accountability is the father who protected his daughter.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 0:07.4 | So, the judge, she released a man facing 43 child S charges on Bond is the same judge who just got thrown off a case of the father who killed him. |
| 0:19.0 | And she is still on the bench, by the way. |
| 0:21.7 | She's just off of this case. |
| 0:23.6 | I think that's important to know. |
| 0:26.4 | Friday, January 23rd, the Arkansas Supreme Court removed Judge Barbara Elmore from the |
| 0:32.6 | Aaron Spencer murder trial. |
| 0:34.9 | Not asked her to recuse herself. |
| 0:40.3 | That's already been done. Not suggested she step aside, removed her. Forty-eight hours before trial was supposed to start. This is the second |
| 0:47.1 | time the state's highest court had to intervene because of this judge. Fourteen state legislators have now filed a formal complaint asking whether Aaron Spencer |
| 0:58.4 | was ever going to get a fair trial in her courtroom. |
| 1:02.9 | But here's what nobody's talking about. |
| 1:06.3 | What happens to her? |
| 1:08.3 | Because as of right now, the answer is nothing. |
| 1:13.9 | Let me walk you through how we got here. |
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