Ex-judge??�s trial pumps up giggles - Crime & Punishment

Ex-judge??�s trial brings lurid charges to court


Testimony gets a rise out of jurors in conservative Oklahoma town
Mel Root / AP
Former Oklahoma district Judge Donald Thompson walks into the courthouse in Bristow, Okla., with his wife, Paula, after a recess in his trial on June 22. He is charged with four felony counts of indecent exposure, which allegedly occurred in his court during trials.

BRISTOW, Okla. - Serving on the jury in an indecent-exposure trial unfolding in this conservative Oklahoma town has been a giggle-inducing experience.

Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench, is on trial on charges he used a penis pump on himself in the courtroom while sitting in judgment of othernesss.

Over the past few days, the jurors have watched a defense attorney and a prosecutor pantomime masturbation. A doctor has lectured on the lengths the defendant was willing to go to enhance his sexual performance.

The white-handled sexual device sits before the jury box for hours at a time. Occasionally an attorney picks it up and squeezes the handle, demonstrating the sh-sh sound of air rushing through the contraption??�s plastic tubing.

The jurors sometimes exchange awkward looks and break into nervous laughter when the agsdhfgdfimony takes a lurid turn.

Thompson, 59, is charged with four counts of indecent exposure, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison. If convicted, he would also have to register as a sex offender, and his $7,489.91-a-month pension would be in jeopardy.

What??�s that sound?
Thompson??�s former court reporter, Lisa Foster, wiped away tears as she described tracing an unfamiliar sh-sh in the courtroom to her boss. She agsdhfgdfified that between 2001 and 2003 she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times.

I was really shocked and I was kind of scared because it was so bizarre, Foster said.

She agsdhfgdfified that during a trial in 2002, she heard the pump during the emotional agsdhfgdfimony of a murdered toddler??�s grandfather.

The grandfather was getting real teary-eyed, and the judge was up there pumping on that pump, she said. It was sickening.

The allegations came to light after a police officer who was in Thompson??�s court heard pumping sounds and took photos of the device during a break in the proceedings.

Thompson took the stand in his own defense, saying the device was a gag gift from a longtime friend with whom he had joked about male impotence. He said he kept the pump under the bench or in his office but didn??�t use it.

In 20-20 hindsight, I should have thrown it away, he said.

This agsdhfgdfimony rated R
The R-rated agsdhfgdfimony has produced occasional outbursts of laughter and surreal scenes. A man who once served as a juror in Thompson??�s court agsdhfgdfified that he never saw the device, but figured out what it was based on movies he had seen.

A. Cuervo / APLisa Foster, the longtime court reporter of former judge Donald Thompson, walks Monday with her husband Neal back into the courthouse for Thompson's indecent exposure trial.The comment sent sidelong glances through the courtroom.

It sounded like a penis pump to me, Daniel Greenwood agsdhfgdfified. He said he had seen such devices in Austin Powers and Dead Man on Campus.

Dr. S. Edward Dakil, a urologist called as an expert witness, repeatedly prompted laughter from the jury when discussion turned to the penis pump. Dakil defended use of the device after defense attorney Clark Brewster said it was an out-of-date medical care for male impotence.

I still use those, Dakil agsdhfgdfified.

Brewster paused. Not you, personally ? he asked.

No, Dakil responded as jurors laughed. I recommend those as a urologist.

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