(Follow up and update to an earlier post.)

Judge Robert Adrian of Adams County, Illinois, will no longer hear criminal cases after he prematurely released a convicted 18-year-old rapist from jail and blamed the victim for her own assault.

On Thursday, Frank McCartney, chief judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit, filed an administrative order with the Adams County Circuit courts, removing Adrian from handling any future criminal cases.

Adrian inspired public backlash on January 3 when he reversed the conviction against 18-year-old Drew Clinton for rape. The reversal released Clinton early from Adams County jail. Adrian said he considered Clinton's 148 days behind bars "plenty of punishment."