Former Colorado prosecutor Laurie Hurst knows this firsthand. She has admitted to having sex with Judge Grafton Biddle in his chambers, and to early morning hook-ups in the women’s showers in the courthouse basement! Oh, and this happened when she was trying cases before Judge Biddle. That’s the crime. The…
No offense to all of you prison guards, but wouldn’t you prefer to be a judge, making twice as much, and being in charge? Allan C. Berkhimer was a Cambria County, Pennsylvania Judge from 1988 until he was canned in June 2005. Now he’s a corrections officer trainee. What were…
Huh? What? Oh, sorry. I was sleeping, much like Rockingham County, New Hampshire Judge Patricia Coffey. She beat that rap, but won’t be able to snooze her way through these latest allegations. See, her husband was disbarred in 2005, and the state has been trying to collect legal fees relating…
To be fair, it’s also clear that he dislikes gay men. Spanish Judge Fernando Ferrin was presiding over a custody case following a divorce. The divorced woman is a lesbian. After ruling that the mother lose custody of her daughters, Judge Ferrin then gave her this choice: Choose between your…
So this reporter went to the courthouse where civil cases are heard in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Here are a few of his observations: Though the court’s hours are from 7:30 – 2:30, by 8:00, neither the president of the court, nor the administrative manager was present. If a plaintiff is…
Even if you are a judge. And even if he is your friend. Judge Maynard Hamilton, Jr. of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was not real happy when Sergeant Buser did not give him the paperwork he requested. A couple days later, they were at a party, when Sergeant Buser asked the…
If you missed it, check out yesterday’s entry regarding some strange “justice” in Eutawville, South Carolina. Here’s some more of that there strange justice. This is the side of the story of three fellas who were pulled over by the Eutawville police: They had finished a day of fishing, and…
Thomas Anderson, after working a 12-hour shift, was driving home in his elevated Ford Crown Victoria (not pictured at right), when he was stopped and ticketed. Seems the height of his car was illegal. Anderson didn’t agree, so he requested a jury trial. And that is where the trouble began.…
So British hero policeman Andrew Shovelar is on trial for attacking his former girlfriend, a trial which was only supposed to take 8 days, but had wrapped its third week. What’s the problem, you’re wondering. Well, you see, several of the jurors have to go on holiday. What’s a judge…
I get pissed off when people whine about jury duty, or try to weasel out of it. Daniel Ellis of Cape Cod, Massachusetts has taken “attempted jury service avoidance” to a new level. Said Judge Gary Nickerson: In 32 years of service in courtrooms, as a prosecutor, as a defense…