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Awkward moments abound in penis pump trial
AP ^ | 6/28/06 | SHAUN SCHAFER

Posted on 06/29/2006 2:51:08 PM PDT by llevrok

BRISTOW, Okla. - Serving on the jury in an indecent-exposure trial unfolding in this conservative Oklahoma town has been a giggle-inducing experience.

Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench, is on trial on charges he used a penis pump on himself in the courtroom while sitting in judgment of others.

Over the past few days, the jurors have watched a defense attorney and a prosecutor pantomime masturbation. A doctor has lectured on the lengths the defendant was willing to go to enhance his sexual performance.

The white-handled sexual device sits before the jury box for hours at a time. Occasionally an attorney picks it up and squeezes the handle, demonstrating the "sh-sh" sound of air rushing through the contraption's plastic tubing.

The jurors sometimes exchange awkward looks and break into nervous laughter when the testimony takes a lurid turn.

Thompson, 59, is charged with four counts of indecent exposure, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison. If convicted, he would also have to register as a sex offender, and his $7,489.91-a-month pension would be in jeopardy.

Thompson's former court reporter, Lisa Foster, wiped away tears as she described tracing an unfamiliar "sh-sh" in the courtroom to her boss. She testified that between 2001 and 2003 she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times.

"I was really shocked and I was kind of scared because it was so bizarre," said Foster.

She testified that during a trial in 2002, she heard the pump during the emotional testimony of a murdered toddler's grandfather.

The grandfather "was getting real teary-eyed, and the judge was up there pumping on that pump," she said. "It was sickening."

The allegations came to light after a police officer who was in Thompson's court heard pumping sounds and took photos of the device during a break in the proceedings.

Thompson took the stand in his own defense, saying the device was a gag gift from a longtime friend with whom he had joked about erectile dysfunction. He said he kept the pump under the bench or in his office but didn't use it.

"In 20-20 hindsight, I should have thrown it away," he said.

The R-rated testimony has produced occasional outbursts of laughter and surreal scenes. A man who once served as a juror in Thompson's court testified that he never saw the device, but figured out what it was based on movies he had seen.

The comment sent sidelong glances through the courtroom.

"It sounded like a penis pump to me," Daniel Greenwood testified. He said he had seen such devices in "Austin Powers" and "Dead Man on Campus."

Dr. S. Edward Dakil, a urologist called as an expert witness, repeatedly prompted laughter from the jury when discussion turned to the penis pump. Dakil defended use of the device after defense attorney Clark Brewster said it was an out-of-date treatment for erectile dysfunction.

"I still use those," Dakil testified.

Brewster paused.

"Not you, personally?" he asked.

"No," Dakil responded as jurors laughed. "I recommend those as a urologist."


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: deniedfreeedomofuse; erectiledysfuntion; justice; shhh; stiffsentence
The short arm of the law.......
1 posted on 06/29/2006 2:51:11 PM PDT by llevrok
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To: llevrok

Austin Powers screenshot to no doubt follow ...


2 posted on 06/29/2006 2:55:11 PM PDT by ikka
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To: llevrok

He may get a stiff sentence.


3 posted on 06/29/2006 2:55:54 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I looked in my rearview mirror.)
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To: BipolarBob

This may be a hard case to follow.


4 posted on 06/29/2006 2:56:51 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I looked in my rearview mirror.)
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To: llevrok

I refuse to go there. I would be typing for hours.


5 posted on 06/29/2006 2:56:59 PM PDT by MrEdd (Bad spellers of the world - UNTIE!,)
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To: llevrok
So that's what it means when the baliff sez "All rise"!
6 posted on 06/29/2006 2:58:09 PM PDT by Kellykoop (All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people.)
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To: llevrok

I wouldn't touch this one with a 10' pole.


7 posted on 06/29/2006 3:00:23 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: llevrok

I'd say the Judge's 29 year career has ended in a flash.


8 posted on 06/29/2006 3:01:17 PM PDT by TravisBickle (Are you talkin' to me?)
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To: llevrok
Check this out.

And this.
9 posted on 06/29/2006 3:02:32 PM PDT by Xenalyte (I want you to remember this face. This is the guy behind the guy behind the guy.)
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To: Kellykoop

Sequestering Mr Happy.


10 posted on 06/29/2006 3:03:05 PM PDT by llevrok (The next "greatest generation" is now.)
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To: Kellykoop

More like "I want to pump you up"?


11 posted on 06/29/2006 3:03:11 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (You don't win wars by being nice to the enemy.)
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To: martin_fierro; pissant

Give the judge a hand here, will ya?


12 posted on 06/29/2006 3:04:20 PM PDT by llevrok (The next "greatest generation" is now.)
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To: llevrok
Give the judge a hand here, will ya?

No thanks. He should have to come to grips with this on his own.

13 posted on 06/29/2006 3:09:38 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: llevrok

14 posted on 06/29/2006 3:12:29 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: llevrok
The short arm of the law.......

Wonder exactly what part of the penal code he violated?

15 posted on 06/29/2006 3:19:24 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: GLDNGUN

LOTD (line of the day !!!)


16 posted on 06/29/2006 3:38:37 PM PDT by llevrok (The next "greatest generation" is now.)
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To: llevrok

Tough case - you think the jury will be hung?


17 posted on 06/29/2006 5:36:06 PM PDT by Stone Mountain
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To: llevrok

I just can't get excited about this story :)-->


18 posted on 06/29/2006 9:55:55 PM PDT by benjaminjjones (yeah, what he said)
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To: llevrok

CONVICTED. I guess it's off to a penal institution now.


19 posted on 06/30/2006 1:34:15 AM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: llevrok

... nature abhors a vacuum


20 posted on 07/02/2006 3:00:08 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (outside a good dog, a book is your best friend. inside a dog it's too dark to read)
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