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381. Cars

By Joel Jacobsen

What is it about judges and parking spaces?  65-year-old Judge Robert Nalley of Charles County, Maryland - a bit of Maryland southeast of Arlington - demonstrated the aptness of Above the Law's name when he let the air out of a cleaning lady's tires. In his defense, the judge explained he's done it before. Note to lawyers who appear in juvie court: that's a sure winner. The judge received a citation for tampering with a vehicle, and resigned his administrative (i.e., budget-manipulating, patronage-dispensing) position as administrative judge, and was suspended from hearing criminal cases by his presiding judge, a guy with a name that reminds me of Ms. Wildhack. The judge explained he was stepping down from his administrative position because of the "stage of my career" he had reached, apparently meaning the stage of becoming a national laughingstock...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on September 05, 2009 (boomark / email).