Democrat Judge Donald D. Thompson
Perversion of Justice
Well, the hands of justice are about to be slapped by the long arm of the law.... oh and look... he needs GLASSES!
Posted on 02/09/2005 4:41:48 AM PST by sure_fine
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jurors and others in Judge Donald Thompson's courtroom kept hearing a strange whooshing noise, like a bicycle pump or maybe a blood pressure cuff. During one trial, Thompson seemed so distracted that some jurors thought he was playing a hand-held video game or tying fly-fishing lures behind the bench.
The explanation, investigators say, is even stranger than some imagined: The judge had a habit of masturbating with a penis pump under his robe during trials.
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Foster told authorities she saw Thompson use the device almost daily during the August 2003 murder trial of Kurt Vomberg, a man accused of shaking a toddler to death. The case ended in a hung jury. The whooshing sound could be heard on Foster's audiotape of the trial.
When jurors at the trial asked the judge about the sound, Thompson said he hadn't heard it, but would listen for it.
Foster and a bailiff were fired by Thompson after giving statements against him.
"I always thought he was an excellent trial judge," said Don I. Nelson, who tried more than 40 cases before Thompson as the prosecutor assigned to his court.
Nelson handled a murder trial during which authorities say Thompson used the pump. The jury ended up convicting the defendant on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
"I never heard anything that was going on," Nelson said. "I was completely shocked and couldn't believe it."
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Well, the hands of justice are about to be slapped by the long arm of the law.... oh and look... he needs GLASSES!
He was known as a hanging judge too.
HERE COME DE JUDGE!...,.......;^}
Gavel pounding gone wrong.
Penis Pumping OK Judge..
At first glance, one could mistake this as a court ruling that has a typo in it. OK = Ok..
Actually more believable than a Judge waxing the dolphin in court.
Justice isn't blind...yet...
in this case, the system did operate in a vacuum.
I understand that a petit jury, not a grand jury, is looking into this small matter.
Holding breath and running away from this thread.
I don't know what the deal is, but this story was first posted on FR at least a year ago, maybe longer. I'm beginning to wonder if it's another urban legend?
No, it's a true story. It was even carried by the NY Times about a year ago, it's now in their archives. Of course, none of the hundreds of stories mention the fact that he's a DEMOCRAT.
This is an UPDATE:
Indecent exposure charges were just filed against him. He is guilty of felonies and he is about to pay the piper... or pumper.
Looks like the Judge was simply consulting a member of his court to me.
This can't be real.
Okay it's real. Just proves that I haven't seen everything. PeeWee Herman, I'm sorry for the jokes.
Thanks--I didn't read it because I thought it was a rehash--
More likely he was discharged.
Uh, pump to the top
Schwinnnnnnnnnnnn
This man wouldn't be a Clinton appointee would he?
Unfortunately this story is all too real. Once again an Democrat is embarassing my state.
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