Stephen Aldrich

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Stephen Aldrich (born 1941) is an American judge in Hennepin County, Minnesota.[1][2][3] According to the Star Tribune he has a pattern of making crude jokes at the expense of suspects and court officials.

Aldrich joked about sending a Somalian suspect to Guantanamo.[1] He joked about thinking about murdering his own wife.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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'."