Baltimore County judge suspended for profane, discourteous comments

Rusty · #1 05-14-2008, 01:50 PM

Lamdin's conduct on the bench lacks 'dignity, courtesy and patience,' it says

By Brent Jones |Baltimore Sun reporter 9:28 PM EDT, May 13, 2008

The state's highest court suspended a Baltimore County judge Tuesday for making profane and uncivil comments from the bench, issuing the harshest punishment for a Maryland judge in more than two decades and, observers said, sending a message to judges to watch their behavior.

The Court of Appeals found that District Judge Bruce S. Lamdin violated the state's judicial code of conduct. It accepted a judicial commission's recommendation that the judge be suspended for 30 days without pay.

Lamdin, 60, tossed profanities at defendants from the bench, joked that Circuit Court judges spend afternoons drinking rather than working and chastised a woman accused of prostitution by telling her, "Business must be good. If I released you, you'd be scratching that itch tonight."

To a man accused of speeding on Interstate 83, he asked, "What's the big rush to get back to Pennsylvania? It's an ugly state." When a woman left his courtroom with a crying baby he pointed out that confiscated cell phones are placed in plastic bags to be sent to Annapolis and added: "Maybe we ought to do the same thing with children except poke holes in the bag."

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Roogle · #2 05-14-2008, 01:54 PM

LMAO! Funny! But not appropriate for a judge to say in a court of law. Off the bench is fine with me. Some people take advantage of powerful jobs.

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longnecker · #3 05-14-2008, 02:05 PM

Maybe he thinks he's modeling himself after Judge Judy on TV.

Roogle · #4 05-14-2008, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by longnecker

Maybe he thinks he's modeling himself after Judge Judy on TV.

Ya know. I've thought about that for a long time now. Some of these judges may be trying out material for their own "judge show".

witchofthedogs · #5 05-14-2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Roogle

LMAO! Funny! But not appropriate for a judge to say in a court of law. Off the bench is fine with me. Some people take advantage of powerful jobs.

Yes.

This is completely and utterly inappropriate behavior for someone who sits on the bench.

Kid Lester · #6 05-14-2008, 03:44 PM

I wonder what kind of sentencer he is.

Is he tough or lenient?

I'd rather get a slap on the wrist and some put-downs than a stone faced maximum sentence and a gavel slam.

Not that I condone this behavior, but it would make a difference, to me, if he busted balls but had a heart where it counted.

Baltimore County judge suspended for profane, discourteous comments

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