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| This is racism at its very finest |
| 2009-04-01 |
| A former south Alabama judge is accused of checking male inmates out of jail and forcing them to engage in sexual activity including paddling, according to officials and court documents. Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas was arrested Friday after a grand jury returned the indictments against him. He was released on $287,500 bond later Friday. The indictments total 57 counts, and the charges range from ethics violations to kidnapping, extortion, sex abuse and sodomy. If convicted on the most serious charge -- kidnapping, a Class A felony -- Thomas faces a prison sentence of 10 to 99 years in prison, Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr. said Monday. But Thomas' attorney, Robert Clark, said Friday the accusations against the former judge amount to "a high-tech lynching." "Did you ever think of the fact that this is the only black circuit judge we've ever had in Mobile County and that the right-wing Republicans have gotten rid of him?" Clark said at a news conference, portions of which were posted on the Web sites of CNN affiliates WKRG-TV in and WALA-TV. "This is racism at its very finest." |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 how is it racism if he did it, and isn't sodomy illegal in Alabama |
| Posted by: Mt Dew addiction 2009-04-01 18:00 |
| #8 WymRBV |
| Posted by: DJbKpueZH 2009-04-01 13:42 |
| #7 Get checked out of jail? That's a paddlin' |
| Posted by: cutty_ranks 2009-04-01 13:08 |
| #6 I've heard of gettin' screwed by the court, but geeze louise... |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-04-01 11:53 |
| #5 "Did you ever think of the fact that this is the only black circuit judge we've ever had in Mobile County and that the right-wing Republicans have gotten rid of him?" Nosir, never gave it a thought. If there are more however, can you see to it that they are "gotten rid of" as well? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-01 10:27 |
| #4 Ah. "A high-tech lynching." I guess that can only be disregarded when Clarence Thomas uses it... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-01 10:25 |
| #3 A ready made plot for a Saturday night drive in movie. Ima call Joe Bob Briggs about collaborating on a script. Though gonna have increase the boob count (the good kind) somehow. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-04-01 10:17 |
| #2 ew ..................... |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2009-04-01 09:49 |
| #1 So, the way the judge conducts his life must be ok then. |
| Posted by: Dave UK 2009-04-01 09:40 |