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352. Diminished capacities

By Joel Jacobsen

It's time to pay another visit on Alabama Circuit Judge Stuart Dubose.  (See post 191 and post 306.)  The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission filed a pretty spectacular complaint, but it was topped by Judge Dubose's answer -- which was then topped by the Alabama Supreme Court.  There's such an abundance of riches in the complaint, it's hard to pick a favorite.   If one credits everything in the complaint (and of course these are mere allegations), Dubose was running hard for the title of the Worst Judge in the History of the World.  And he had a real shot at the record, too.There's the probate matter, featured over at Death and Taxes Blog.  There's his habit of revoking probation without notice to the probationer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on March 30, 2008 (boomark / email).