Stephen Aldrich

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Stephen Aldrich
Born 1941
Nationality USA
Occupation Judge
Known for Before on the bench triggered an official reprimand

Stephen Aldrich (born 1941) was an American judge in Hennepin County, Minnesota.[1][2][3] He was first elected as a judge in 1996, and resigned in 2010.[4]

Aldrich was reprimanded by Minnesota's Board on Judicial Standards on September 27, 2010.[5][6] The reprimand stated that the Board had already given him three earlier private reprimands, and warned him that, if he continued to lapse from proper judicial conduct, they would be forced to make his next a reprimand public reprimand. In his reprimand the Board stated they would not publicly reprimand him for the separate incident where Aldrich had belittled the dangers of spousal abuse by joking that he had considered murdering his own wife.[7][8]

Aldrich agreed to accept his reprimand.[9] One month later, on October 27, 2010, Aldrich stepped down from the Bench.[1][4] He offered hearing problems as the cause of his resignation.

According to the Star Tribune he has a pattern of making crude jokes at the expense of suspects and court officials.[1]

Aldrich joked about sending a Somalian suspect to Guantanamo.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rochelle Olson (2009-11-12). "Group calls for judge to resign after 'joke' at hearing". Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/local/west/69872062.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciaec8O7EyUsl. 
  2. Madeleine Baran (2009-11-12). "Group calls for judge to resign over inappropriate remarks". Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/12/judgecomplaint/. 
  3. "Real Life examples of judicial abuses". Judge our courts. http://www.judgeourcourts.org/reallifeexamplesofjudicialabuses.html. "The same judge, Stephen Aldrich, in a different case stood up in the courtroom, turned backside to the courtroom, gyrated his hips in a mock dance, and waved his posterior at the defendant singing 'La Te Da!'. Judge Aldrich then told the defendant that he would 'bulletproof the records'." 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Michelle Lore (2010-10-27). "Aldrich says goodbye to the bench". Minnesota Lawyer. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20221209124724/https://minnlawyer.com/2010/10/27/aldrich-says-goodbye-to-the-bench/. Retrieved 2024-01-28. "Most recently Aldrich was in the news over his acceptance of a public reprimand from the Board on Judicial Standards in connection with comments he made during a criminal proceeding late last year, including referring to witnesses in the case as “a bunch of drunkards” and “incompetent” due to their alleged intoxication. The complaint was initially filed by WATCH, which observes judges’ demeanor during court proceedings." 
  5. "PUBLIC REPRIMAND OF JUDGE STEPHEN ALDRICH". Board on Judicial Standards. Archived from the original on 2023-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20231001212756/http://www.bjs.state.mn.us/file/news/public-reprimand-judge-stephen-aldrich.pdf. Retrieved 2024-01-28. "This public reprimand is further based on Judge Aldrich’s disciplinary history. Since 1997, Judge Aldrich received three private warnings related to improper courtroom conduct. In a letter dated June 10, 2008, the Board warned him about making improper comments in court proceedings and that similar misconduct could likely result in a public reprimand." 
  6. David Paull (2010-09-27). "For Immediate Release: Public reprimand issued to Fourth Judiciall District Court Judge Stephen C. Aldrich". Board on Judicial Standards. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20220616214008/http://www.bjs.state.mn.us/file/public-discipline/aldrich-08104-105-press-release.pdf. Retrieved 2024-01-28. "This public reprimand is further based on Judge Aldrich’s disciplinary history. Since 1997, Judge Aldrich received three private warnings related to improper courtroom conduct. In a letter dated June 10, 2008, the Board warned him about making improper comments in court proceedings and that similar misconduct could likely result in a public reprimand." 
  7. Mark Cohen (2009-11-16). "Aldrich's joke: What's the deal with that?". Minnesota Lawyer. https://minnlawyer.com/2009/11/16/aldrichs-joke-whats-the-deal-with-that/. Retrieved 2024-01-28. "His Vaudeville-esque quip about he and his wife of 45 years having never considered divorce, but 'a few times murder, maybe,' got him in trouble with the domestic-violence watchdog group WATCH and led to a spate of unwanted publicity." 
  8. Burton Randall Hanson (2009-11-01). "Annals of judicial humor". The Daily Judge. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022154040/https://www.thedailyjudge.com/id271.htm. Retrieved 2024-01-28. 
  9. Martha Neil (2010-09-28). "Judge Is Reprimanded for 'Unnecessary' Remarks Criticizing Lawyers and Witnesses". ABA Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20101130180155/https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_is_reprimanded_for_unnecessary_remarks_criticizing_lawyers_witnesses. Retrieved 2024-01-28. "Hennepin County District Judge Stephen Aldrich agreed to the reprimand, which concerns a series of “unnecessary remarks” he made at hearings in a 2008 murder case, the Star Tribune reported."