Judge Gets 4 Years for Exposing Himself (pumpman)

[seriousstan]

A former judge convicted of exposing himself while presiding over jury trials by using a sexual device under his robe was sentenced Friday to four years in prison.
Donald Thompson had spent almost 23 years on the bench and had served as a state legislator before retiring from the court in 2004. He showed no reaction when he was sentenced.

At his trial this summer, his former court reporter, Lisa Foster, testified that she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times during trial between 2001 and 2003. Prosecutors said he also used a device known as a penis pump during at least four trials in the same period.

Thompson, 59, was convicted last month of four felony courts of indecent exposure for incidents that took place in his Creek County courtroom.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/08/18/D8JJ01N80.html

[Demeter]

1. Dare I Ask His Party Affiliation?

[seriousstan]

2. That is a tough thing to determine for judges, I will google....1 sec

It appears he's a Dem.

[BOSSHOG]

3. A new twist on Judicial Activism?

[Sherman A1]

10. Great!

Wish I had said that!!!

[Geoff R. Casavant]

11. More like Judicial Priapism

n/t

[BootinUp]

4. So they or she knew it was going on for years...

And did nothing. very strange.

[mikeytherat]

6. It went on for years because no one wanted to touch it.

:rofl:

I'm here 'til Sunday, remember to tip your waitstaff!

mikey_the_rat

[MrModerate]

5. Clearly insane. Treatment would make more sense than . . .

incarceration, whether he denies it or not.

[VegasWolf]

7. Guess he won't need that pump in prision. nt

[Uncle Joe]

8. 4 years sounds like a stiff sentence. n/t

[AndyA]

9. Another stunning example of the brilliant Judges we have in Oklahoma!

We have some of the worst Judges in the world right here in Oklahoma. In one case, heresay six levels deep was accepted as fact. And none of the people involved testified to the accuracy of the heresay.

Worse Judges would be hard to find. I dare say Thompson was one of the better ones, just got caught doing something wacko that offended the right wingers in the state.

I just talked to an attorney friend who knows this man, and he said Judges are non-partisan, but that Thompson was pro-plaintiff and pro-labor, so he was likely more progressive than conservative.