Masturbating Judge Disbarred
Congratulations to the Oklahoma Supreme Court which finally got around to disbarring former Creek County District Judge Donald Thompson.
His “dishonor”, Judge Thompson achieved world-wide fame as The Masturbating Judge who a jury found guilty of indecent exposure on allegations that he sat through trials, including murder cases, merrily pumping away on his penis pump, shaving his testicles and masturbating.
In late June 2006 jurors found Thompson guilty of these criminal acts, acts which took place during both murder trials and a civil case. In the most shocking instance jurors found that Thompson had used a penis pump during the tear-filled testimony of a man whose grandchild had been murdered.
Thompson was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $40,000 for his crimes. Crimes which he never admitted or for which he has not to this day accepted responsibility.
What is so surprising is that it took so long for the Oklahoma Supreme Court to decide that disbarment was justified in Thompson’s case.
One might expect that a felony conviction on four counts of indecent exposure, four one-year prison sentences, 20 months served in state prison and registration as a sex offender are each in themselves pretty good cause for disbarment of an attorney in Oklahoma.
So why did the Oklahoma Supreme Court wait for a couple of years to act on the disbarment of The Masturbating Judge?
One can only wonder if the justices were themselves somehow distracted by things going on out of sight…
I read or heard somewhere that it is easier to impeach the president of the United States than it is to disbar a judge. I don’t know if it is true, but if so, it WOULD explain the delay.
Also, there may very well be a clause, or law somewhere that states something along the lines of a judge being able to get reinstated if he was disbarred while incarcerated. Also, the supreme court may have wanted to wait to make sure all possible appeals and recourses had been spent. It would have reeked legal havoc in the form of lawsuits if he managed to get the case overturned AFTER being disbarred, and probably would have won!! I think it is fair to say that none of us would have wanted to see this “man” make money off what he did.
Before we accuse others of being, “distracted by things going on out of sight”, we should consider these possibilities. Remember, ALWAYS follow the money.