Awkward moments abound in penis pump trial

WRAL - AP ^ | Jun 28, 2:32 PM EDT | SHAUN SCHAFER

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BRISTOW, Okla. (AP) -- Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench, is on trial on charges he used a penis pump on himself in the courtroom while sitting in judgment of others.

Over the past few days, the jurors have watched a defense attorney and a prosecutor pantomime masturbation. A doctor has lectured on the lengths the defendant was willing to go to enhance his sexual performance.

The white-handled sexual device sits before the jury box for hours at a time. Occasionally an attorney picks it up and squeezes the handle, demonstrating the "sh-sh" sound of air rushing through the contraption's plastic tubing.

Thompson's former court reporter, Lisa Foster, wiped away tears as she described tracing an unfamiliar "sh-sh" in the courtroom to her boss. She testified that between 2001 and 2003 she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times.

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Best.

Headline.

Ever.

[LukeL]

If that were me I would plead guilty.

[Cincinatus]

Well, you know what they say: "You can put it in your lawyers hands, but it'll never stand up in court!"

[The Iceman Cometh]

A doctor has lectured on the lengths...

too easy....

[rface]

I guess this puts Limbaughs Viagra issue in a different perspective

[cripplecreek]

Will the defendant please rise.

[goldstategop]

I guess he must either have been looking at porn magazines or mentally undressing attractive female jurors during the trial. A model judge!

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[livius]

ROFLOL!!!

[ncountylee]

his $7,489.91-a-month pension would be in jeopardy

If convicted, his obscenely bloated pension should be stripped from the pervert.

[dfwgator]

"Honest, it wasn't mine."

[Liz]

The ups and downs of the judicial system on display here (smirk).

[yellowdoghunter]

What a disgrace this guy is to the bench and an embarrassment to Oklahoma. However, we are getting a good laugh out of it. This man is sick and I hope they find him guilty.

[Hegemony Cricket]

You think he insisted on a rigid interpretation of the law?

[dighton]

Calling a judge a wanker not contempt: Vic Court of Appeal

[cripplecreek]

The only way this could get any better is if Johnny Cochrain were still alive to defend the judge.

If the pump don't fit.....

[Sax]

"She testified that during a trial in 2002, she heard the pump during the emotional testimony of a murdered toddler's grandfather.

The grandfather "was getting real teary-eyed, and the judge was up there pumping on that pump," she said. "It was sickening."

Yeah...dead toddler..(shhhhht)..(shhhhht)...saddened grandfather..(shhhht)..(shhhhht)....

He's truly a freak among freaks.

Won't need any implements to get some pumping action in the klink.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[mikrofon]

A doctor has lectured on the lengths the defendant was willing to go to enhance his sexual performance.

There comes a point of diminishing returns...

[alwaysconservative]

I agree!