Solitaire was a big deal in 2002, but this?
By Byron LaMasters
Dallas County Democrats made a big deal of the fact that Judge Craig Fowler played Solitaire during court. Fowler's opponent, Lisa McKnight came within one percentage point of winning, and was one of the top Democratic vote-getters in the county.
Well, Oklahoma in 2004 has done us one better:
An Oklahoma judge facing removal over charges that he masturbated and used a device for enhancing erections under his robes during trials said on Wednesday he would retire from the bench.
Creek County District Judge Donald Thompson, 57, wrote to Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry resigning effective Sept. 1, a move that will allow him to retire with a full pension.
A former state representative and a judge for 22 years, Thompson was accused by state Attorney General Drew Edmondson of using a "penis pump" to enhance erections during trials and exposing himself to a court reporter several times while masturbating on the bench.
The state Court on the Judiciary was scheduled to hear a motion on Friday to suspend Thompson.
The judge has denied the charges and did not refer to them in his letter of resignation.
"I have greatly enjoyed my public service and offer my gratitude for the public trust reposed in me during the terms I served," he said.
*Insert your Oklahoma joke here*
Posted by Byron LaMasters at August 20, 2004 09:58 AM
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How's that for a joke?
:)
I actually heard about this several weeks ago when it made the rounds through the legal community. Truth is stanger than fiction.
The Judge has tried to blame it on a disgrunteled court reporter, but several jurors reported hearing the "wooshing" sounds from behind the bench. (The sounds were presumably from a penis pump - I would not know what one sounds like first hand; I have no need for such enlargement devices.)
"I have greatly enjoyed my public service", says the judge. Hel, yes, he did - and now we know why.
