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LauraK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:48 PM
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Oklahoma judge accused of masturbating (during trials) resigns
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Reuters) - 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. .snip.

http://www.reuters.com/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=entertainmentNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=6013633
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:49 PM
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1. I thought he was just humming to himself n/t
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Born Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 03:29 AM
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24. damn, that must have been distracting
can you imagine what the defendants were thinking as they pondered their future as this guy was choking his chicken?
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:49 PM
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2. What a stand-up guy. n/t
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:51 PM
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3. I Suppose He . . .
. . . STANDS ERECT for judicial ethics.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:52 PM
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4. Did he also used it as a Gavel ?
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aldian159 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:54 PM
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5. oh man
oh man, that was bad
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 01:37 AM
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21. LOL - Here Come Da Judge !!! n/t
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Tight_rope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 05:59 AM
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31. LMBAO...you people are sick...I love it!
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are_we_united_yet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 06:35 PM
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43. You gotta hand it to him
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:54 PM
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6. Hmmm, wonder which Supreme was doing that when they
decided to stop the Florida vote count. Scalia or Rhenquist.
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:58 PM
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8. No, it was "Long John"
Silver. Dontcha remember we've got a STUD on the Court?
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 06:39 AM
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33. Rehnquist
Edited on Thu Aug-19-04 06:47 AM by fujiyama
probably uses viagra.

For some reason I'm thinkin Clarance Thomas is a likely suspect.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:57 PM
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7. Just making the trials a little more exciting
It's 'hard' to get off the bench after so many years.
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newsguyatl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 11:58 PM
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9. boner on the bench...
the jerkoff judge...

cum to order...

the masturbating magistrate...

your ahhhhhhnor...

peacemaker with a pump...

his engorged gavel...





really, i'm here all night folks.


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foxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:06 AM
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14. Not fair now I gonna dream about it.
You're bad! But I like it thanks for the laughs.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:01 AM
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10. Some honourable members: "here, here."
"Will the court please rise."
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NormanConquest Donating Member (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:03 AM
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11. With a judge like this, I guess justice IS blind.
nt
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newsguyatl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:05 AM
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12. good thing it's blind
with him grippin' his gavel and all.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:05 AM
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13. Will the guilty party please rise.....
oh, I guess it did, with help, but we didn't notice.........
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Bimini_Twisted Donating Member (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:07 AM
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15. Here Cums Da Judge
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:14 AM
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16. HAHAHAHA! "If you're happy when you work clap your hands... clap clap!"
Why does he get a full pension? If a bus driver got caught masturbating he'd go to jail. Did he try minors? If a high school teacher got caught masturbating he'd go to jail. Tommy Chong sells bongs and goes to jail, but a pervert Judge "gets off" clean!
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TexasBushwhacker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:45 AM
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18. To bad the court reporter didn't press charges
I mean, indecent exposure is a crime last time I checked.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:37 AM
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17. he could only expose himself to me once
after that he would have half a penis
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 12:48 AM
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19. I know a superior court judge who spends the whole time browsing
ebay and the net while in court. I'll bet most of them do stuff like that.
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 01:23 AM
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20. maybe he was confused by the job description
"Exercising the long arm of the law"
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Pert_UK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 03:10 AM
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22. IT WILL NEVER STAND UP IN COURT!....heh heh Monty P:
The actions of these wicked men are a stain upon my robes...err..sorry, I mean society.

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Bark Bark Bark Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 03:16 AM
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23. Banging The Gavel
Edited on Thu Aug-19-04 03:18 AM by Bark Bark Bark
Ooooooh, it's tough to get semen stains out of black robes...

EDIT: Oh, f***. Pert_UK got there firsties.
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Pert_UK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 05:31 AM
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26. "I gave him 5 years but he only took 3 minutes...."
Heh heh heh...

P.
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R Hickey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 04:58 AM
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25. Sometimes he would hand out a really "stiff sentence."
Maybe he was judging a pornography case.

They're going to feature him in a flick called "Judges Gone Wild."
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Kinkistyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 05:44 AM
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27. I dunno about the judge, but it was a hung jury.
I OBJECT!
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Tight_rope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 05:58 AM
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30. LOL
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Pert_UK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 05:56 AM
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28. O______klahoma! Where the Judge comes sitting on a trial....
And where a fine cock pump, creates a lump,
And where His Honour passess sentence with a smile!

:evilgrin:

P.
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Tight_rope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 05:57 AM
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29. This article claims that the judge "Suffers Mental Disability"...bullshit!
http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/3588309/detail.html

Prosecutor Calls For Creek County Judge's Suspension

Attorney Claims Judge Accused Of Using Penis Pump 'Suffers Mental Disability'

POSTED: 2:46 pm CDT July 28, 2004
UPDATED: 2:49 pm CDT July 28, 2004

TULSA, Okla. -- A Creek County judge facing removal from office for lewd behavior at the bench should be suspended immediately, the prosecutor handling the petition argues.

http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/3588309/detail.html
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 08:03 AM
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36. Now that will open a can of worms....
All the cases he presided over should have to be reviewed. No? :shrug:
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 06:19 AM
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32. Man, what a jerk...
n/t
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 06:45 AM
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34. You missed his quote
"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.

He sure sounds like he enjoyed himself.

BTW wasn't there a law in OK that banned sex toys (oh wait it was AL)?
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Ghetto_Boy Donating Member (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 07:35 AM
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35. Gee Judge ....more hand cream and tissues? Again?
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phasev Donating Member (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 08:07 AM
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they forgot to mention...
..that he also shaved his balls with a disposable razor in front of the court stenographer and clerk while hunched down during a court trial. He's my new hero.
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 08:29 AM
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38. He should have a judge show, call it "Hard Time" n/t
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 08:38 AM
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39. He's handed down some stiff sentences. n/t
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Child_Of_Isis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 08:45 AM
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40. what a sicko! n/t
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DarbyUSMC Donating Member (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 08:46 AM
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41. And he gets his full pension whe he retires? How nice of us to treat the
judges, lawyers, and other professionals with such kindness. The only way he should get a pension at all is if he is charged with dereliction of duty, contempt of court, making a mockery of the judicial system and whatever else they can come up with. The sentence for those things would be forfeiture of At LEAST half of his pension payments each month plus whatever jail time they can give him. What about the hundreds of cases who didn't get a fair shake (no pun intended ;) )because of his diddling around? From what I understand if a cop messes up just before he is to retire, he is in danger of losing his entire pension. Maybe that is only on NYPD Blue but still, why is it that congressmen and judges should be held above other people. And in addition to that why do judges have the power they have? For instance, if a judge doesn't agree with the jury's verdict he can exercise his right to overturn the verdict in certain cases in some states, so I understand. Even a lawyer can't really present his argument about a judge's call without being in danger of contempt. What kind of a deal is that? Important evidence is withheld at the judges discretion. Getting to the truth isn't the point, it is who has the lawyer who knows all of the loopholes around the law. This can't be the way it was meant to be. A jury of your peers means what for instance? Who are my peers? Disabled former Marines who worked for Social Services? Or mothers of three? Or people from Small Town USA?
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-04 06:30 PM
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42. And I thought only corporate criminals got off easy in court
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