Religions > Atheism > ** Scumbag Cigar-sucking Judge sent to Prison ! <= takes "god" with him **
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"_ Prof. Jonez _" |
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06 Jun 2007 07:36:18 PM |
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** Scumbag Cigar-sucking Judge sent to Prison ! <= takes "god" with him ** |
Judge who fixed divorce cases sent to prison
Story Highlights
• Former Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Gerald Garson sentenced to prison
• Garson fixed divorce cases in exchange for gifts
• Gifts included cigars, cash
• Hidden camera in chambers recorded bribes
NEW YORK (AP) -- An ex-judge who accepted expensive gifts in exchange for
helping fix divorce cases and a former state lawmaker convicted in a scheme to
shake down a judicial candidate were sentenced to prison Tuesday.
Former Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Gerald Garson, 74, was sentenced to
three to 10 years in prison.
Garson, 74, wept as he asked for leniency, claiming the cigars, cash and other
gifts never influenced his decisions. But he also admitted that when he saw
hidden-camera videos of his shady dealings in chambers, "I was appalled,
embarrassed and ashamed of my demeanor."
Garson was convicted of receiving bribes and accepting rewards for official
misconduct but acquitted on four lesser counts.
The sentencing judge had no sympathy for him.
"You abdicated your own moral fiber," Justice Jeffrey Berry said before imposing
the sentence. "What you brought upon yourself is terrible."
Earlier in the day, former state assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr. surrendered in
the same Brooklyn courtroom to begin serving a two-to-six-year term.
The Garson case arose from a broader investigation into allegations that civil
judgeships were being bought and sold for up to $50,000.
Hard evidence of such brokering never materialized, but the scandal did bring
down Norman, the longtime head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, and resulted in
convictions of courthouse staff.
Though already sentenced, Norman had been free on bail pending his appeal on
convictions for grand larceny and other charges.
A civil court candidate testified at Norman's trial earlier this year that
Norman threatened to pull his party's support in 2002 unless she paid his
favored consultant thousands of dollars.
Beforehand, a jovial Norman had told reporters, "The Lord is with me. My
family's with me. I have my health."
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| User: "btorvik2" |
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| Title: Re: ** Scumbag Cigar-sucking Judge sent to Prison ! <= takes "god" with him ** |
07 Jun 2007 11:08:43 AM |
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_ Prof. Jonez _ wrote:
Judge who fixed divorce cases sent to prison
Story Highlights
. Former Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Gerald Garson sentenced
to prison . Garson fixed divorce cases in exchange for gifts
. Gifts included cigars, cash
. Hidden camera in chambers recorded bribes
And I'll bet he used the cash to purchase more cigars, too.
Power corrupts but cigars corrupt absolutely.
Bernie
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"Official ASC Shaman"
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| User: "Cuphea Ignea" |
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| Title: Re: ** Scumbag Cigar-sucking Judge sent to Prison ! <= takes "god" with him ** |
07 Jun 2007 01:36:09 PM |
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"btorvik2" <btorvik2@aol.com> wrote in
news:5cqos5F31gtf7U1@mid.individual.net:
_ Prof. Jonez _ wrote:
Gifts included cigars, cash
Hidden camera in chambers recorded bribes
And I'll bet he used the cash to purchase more cigars, too.
Power corrupts but cigars corrupt absolutely.
Bernie
How ya doin' Bernie, Oy vey! Oy vey!
In the U.S. only Cuban cigars corrupt absolutely. Legal cigars are
merely stepping stones along the path of corruption.
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*Cuphea Ignea* "My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred
rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after
and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."
-Winston Churchill
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| User: "_ Prof. Jonez _" |
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| Title: Re: ** Scumbag Cigar-sucking Judge sent to Prison ! <= takes "god" with him ** |
07 Jun 2007 03:39:06 PM |
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Ken Dixon wrote:
I wish folks wouldn't respond to cross posted threads. This thread
went out to 6 different groups and you just know every ***** in
those 5 other groups is going to respond.
If ya gotta respond strip off the other groups.
Why? Who's forcing you to read, much less respond to it, eh jackass?
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