"(Judge) Baumgartner's "sordid" illegal activity detailed"
By Jim Matheny
WBIR-TV Knoxville
December 2, 2011
Link: http://www.wbir.com/news/article/193821/2/Baumgartners-sordid-illegal-activity-detailed


Excerpts (see news article cited directly above):

• The former judge bought large amounts of pain pills from street drug dealers. 
• Many times the transactions were set up by (the former judge) with phone calls from his office. 

Commentary:

• The epitome of "Above the Law."

Recommended Reading:

"Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009"
By Kathleen M. Ridolfi and Maurice Possley
Northern California Innocence Project,
Santa Clara University School of Law
Link: http://law.scu.edu/ncip/file/ProsecutorialMisconduct_BookEntire_online%20version.pdf



Commentary:

• Although the report is very long, the investment of your time needed to read the report is a VERY wise investment of your time.

"Former OK Judge Loses Pension Over Penis Pump"

By Jillian Rayfield
TPM Muckraker
October 27, 2011
Link: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/former_ok_judge_loses_pension_after_using_penis_pu.php

Excerpts and facts (see news article cited directly above):

• A former judge in Oklahoma has lost his pension after he was convicted of indecent exposure for using a penis pump under his robes during trials. 
• Donald Thompson, formerly a judge in Creek County, Oklahoma, was found guilty in 2006 of four felony counts for using the penis pump, and wound up serving 20 months in prison. 
• In the judicial opinion that upheld the denial of pension benefits, one justice wrote “Court reporters observed the felonious exposure of Mr. Thompson’s private parts”

Commentary:

• Your honor, I respectfully request a change of venue.  This venue is sticky.