Here Cum The Penis Pump Judge
Posted on Sunday, 20 of April , 2008 at 1:39 pm
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—Here cum the judge, oops—that’s ex-judge, this time out of jail.
Donald Thompson, the former Creek County judge who became known as the “penis pump judge” for his conviction of masturbating on the bench while adjudicating trials, is tentatively scheduled to be released from the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite on May 22 although he could gain early release with credit for “good time”. http://www.doc.state.ok.us/
Thompson was convicted in September 2006 on four counts of indecent exposure for using a penis pump while presiding over four trials in 2002 and 2003. He was sentenced to four, one year sentences in state prison, to be served consecutively, and fined $40,000.
Last June, he lost his appeal, claiming that his sentence was too stiff. http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2007/06/25/no-parole-for-penis-judge/
He has served about 20 months in prison. Upon his release, he will have to register as a sex offender with the Oklahoma Corrections Department and the Sapulpa Police Department within 72 hours.
The former judge had claimed the penis pump was a gag gift on his 50th birthday from a friend and despite eyewitness accounts, including police officers, he claimed he never used it.
Thompson had turned down a plea deal pre-trial which would have spared him prison with a guilty plea to three misdemeanor counts of outraging public decency. The plea deal would also have allowed him to keep his $93,468 annual pension. Thompson, a former state legislator, had been a judge for nearly 23 years before he retired in 2004 amid the allegations. His attorney had admitted that Thompson had purchased another penis pump after a doctor who was treating him for erectile dysfunction and other medical problems had recommended it. He was charged with masturbating while presiding over jury trials including a murder case.Thompson’s attorney had claimed he wasn’t guilty of masturbating on the bench as charged and said the local police were out to get his client because Thompson had made rulings unfavorable to them.
After the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System ruled to withhold Thompson’s retirement benefits of $7,789 a month—$93,468 annually—Thompson appealed, saying he should collect his pension while he’s sitting in prison.
The state says his felony convictions violate his oath of office in which he pledged to support, obey and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the state and to faithfully discharge his duties as a district judge. His pension appeal will be heard following his release from prison. 4-20-08
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