Posted on 04/01/2009 4:00:41 AM PDT by appleseed
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 denies all the charges, his attorney says.
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."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
More info. on this scum, who from his mugshot, likes the bowtie favored by the Nation of Islam thugs:
http://www.lagniappemobile.com/articles/117-thomas-barred-from-johnstons-courtroom
Yep... a Bama dim.
LLS
Somehow, I can’t imagine him adjusting well to prison life.
Yep, the vast right-wing conspiracy got him. 57 times. All trumped up because he’s black. Got it. Check. Let him alone.
TC
Yeah, gayness is just SO healthy in every way.
“Somehow, I can’t imagine him adjusting well to prison life.”
General population can be a very unforgiving place.
I think Larry Sinclair wrote a book to remind 0bama about that.
And not one mention in the article of him being a Democrat?
Yep... damn whitey!
LLS
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