Former judge accused of offering male prisoners lenient sentences in exchange for sex

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A former judge is to stand trial in a court in Alabama tomorrow charged with having sex with male prisoners in exchange for lenient sentences.

Herman Thomas was the Democratic party's choice to be the first black federal judge in the south of the state before a series of lurid allegations were made against him. His lawyers say the charges are racially and politically motivated.

The charges, which Thomas denies, include sodomy, kidnapping and extortion. Prosecutors say 15 current and former male inmates will give evidence against him.

Thomas resigned as a circuit judge in 2007 after being accused of bringing inmates into his office and slapping them with a wooden paddle. He was later charged with the more serious offences. If convicted of sodomy and kidnapping, he faces at least 20 years in jail.

Thomas was first accused of offering inmates leniency in return for sex in 2001 but the case was dismissed.

The authorities began investigating him again after he changed a jail sentence in 2006 for his cousin even though the case was being handled by another judge. Other cases that Thomas had taken over from other judges without their approval then began to surface. Some inmates in those cases described being allowed out of prison for meetings with Thomas in his car or in his private office. Then came allegations of spankings and sex.

His lawyer, Robert Clark, describes the charges against Thomas as "a hi-tech lynching". He added: "They don't like uppity black folks, and that's what they consider Herman."

The civil rights group the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has also spoken in Thomas's defence, claiming that race is behind the prosecution.

But Nicki Patterson, Alabama's chief assistant district attorney, denies this. She said prison records backed up inmates' claims about trips to Thomas's office, and that other inmates had witnessed marks on their cellmates' buttocks after the alleged spankings. There is evidence of one inmate's seminal fluid on the Thomas's office carpet, according to court papers.

The case has shocked Thomas's friends and political allies. Bob Edington, a prominent local lawyer and former Democratic state senator, said: "I've always had the highest regard for him. The allegations were a complete surprise to me and everyone else who knew him."

The trial is expected to last several weeks.
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* I don't know about you... but I'd rather take it from 1 soft Judge rather than 20 hardened inmates. I think they got a good deal... that is if the 'softer deal' meant no prison time and maybe community service or a specially nice prison or something of the type that would lower your chances of continuous violent non-voluntary same sex intercorse.

** I can't be held accountable for posts made in wee hours of the morning. Especially when it is about gay sex webmaster forum stuff
 
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