Judge of the Day: Herman Thomas
Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas is ATL's Judge of the Day. He takes the prize for his innovative approach to sentencing. From the Mobile Press-Register:
Authorities are investigating allegations that now-suspended Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas periodically removed prisoners from Mobile County Metro Jail and spanked them in a room at the courthouse, according to courthouse sources involved in the inquiry.Once inside the room, according to the sources, the judge would ask the young men to drop their pants and prepare to be spanked with what they described as a wooden or fraternity-like paddle.
To quote ex-inmate Paris Hilton, "That's hot." We agree with these commenters:
"[I]n San Francisco we have lots of people who pay $200 a session for that kind of treatment. Perhaps this judge has a bright future in Bay Area.""That's some kinky place. I think Senator Larry Craig would like to break INTO that prison!"
More details -- including a description of the secret six-by-eight room that allegedly served as the judge's S-and-M dungeon -- are available here.
Authorities investigating paddling allegations against Judge Thomas [Mobile Press-Register]
Judge Accused Of Paddling Inmates [WKRG.com]
Comments
Sounds like fraternity hazing.
Posted by: Mack | September 5, 2007 02:03 PM
best judge of the day...ever
Posted by: wow | September 5, 2007 02:05 PM
hahah wow! i actually know this dude! his brother is a disgraced ex board of public schools director!
hilarious!
Posted by: Anonymous | September 5, 2007 02:08 PM
Talk about a bench slap!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | September 5, 2007 02:12 PM
Are you sure this did not happen in any county in Texas. It is also better than option B, i.e. the electric chair.
Posted by: Gig' 'Em | September 5, 2007 02:37 PM
Gratuitous link to the "erotic spanking" Wikipedia entry.
Posted by: anon | September 5, 2007 02:42 PM
The link is a photo credit. The picture comes from the Wikipedia entry.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 5, 2007 02:54 PM
Ahh. Folsom Street Fair.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 5, 2007 03:01 PM
I'm disappointed, first, that Lat failed to make the "bench slap" connection, and second, nttawwt, but did we really all need to see Lat's vacation slides?
Posted by: disappointed | September 5, 2007 03:07 PM
Sweet Home Ala-BAM!!-uh
Posted by: Emeril | September 5, 2007 03:13 PM
If they were required to say "Thank you sir, may I have another," I think we would have a case of life imitating art.
Posted by: Bitchy McBitchington, III | September 5, 2007 03:20 PM
Let me be the first to note that there is nothing gratuitous about erotic spankings. Especially when the spankee has been bad . . . very bad.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 5, 2007 03:50 PM
I can't believe all you sex deprived lawyers out there haven't pointed out the gratuitous boobie shot in the middle left of this picture. I feel a little dirty for pointing it out, but hey, it's practice for post-graduation.
Posted by: JP | September 5, 2007 04:06 PM
Um, Lat?
I like your blog, but sometimes you get sloppy. I'm glad we finally have evidence related to the fat bitch SA who was slapped (apparently from one of the other two female SA's cell phone cameras), but you linked this to the wrong post. Moron!
Posted by: Poor blogging | September 5, 2007 04:41 PM
Hopefully the wayward jurist featured in the post will learn from “Dirty Larry” Craig’s “mistake” and refrain from pleading guilty “in error” to make the case “ go away”.
Of course if he does, he can always hire Billy Martin then give a fake resignation speech.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 5, 2007 06:14 PM
David Thomas was a member of the Mobile County Public school board . He is not the brother of Herman Thomas. However, the do belong to the same fraternity.
Posted by: Ann Onimous | September 16, 2007 11:57 PM