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Judge Drops A-Bomb On "Victim"

By John Mesirow

I gotta say, I really like the way Springdale District Court Judge Stanley Ludwig handled this one. Here's what happened, as reported in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette:

The alleged victim had accused his wife of beating him, Ludwig said. Ludwig said he found the woman innocent, believing the man?s injuries to be self-inflicted.

?You?re a controlling asshole who went to Honduras to find a submissive Hispanic woman to marry,? Ludwig recalled telling the man. ?I guess I can call him a liar, but not an asshole.?

Props to the judge. What did the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission do with this? They issued a letter of reprimand, the first he has received in his 25 years as a judge. How did he respond to the reprimand?

I?ve probably said more outrageous things over the years. I was probably due.

Nicely done, sir. Here's the source.

Full post as published by Legal Juice on April 08, 2008 (boomark / email).