Attorneys for the Alabama attorney general withdrew from the Judicial Inquiry Commission’s case against suspended Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas, prompting a request to delay his ethics trial.
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Dark Skies Over the Jail: Herman Thomas Surrenders on a 57-Count Indictment
The former Mobile circuit judge surrendered on charges of extortion, kidnapping and sexual abuse involving nine inmates, while his lawyer denounced the case outside the jail as a ‘high tech lynching.’
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Seventeen Months After Herman Thomas Left the Bench, Mobile’s Courts Still Wait for Answers
Seventeen months after Herman Thomas resigned from the Mobile County circuit bench and halted his own misconduct trial, the allegations against him remained unresolved and the questions kept resurfacing.
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A Wanted-Style Poster of a Sitting Judge Greeted Visitors at the Mobile County Courthouse
Security officers at the Mobile County Courthouse were told to alert supervisors and search suspended Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose for weapons if he appeared, as a 60-count ethics complaint against him remained unresolved.
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Suspended Judge Ordered From His Home as Wife Files for Divorce
A judge ordered suspended Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose to vacate his Jackson home and barred him from threatening his wife, their daughters or her attorney, then sealed the file and stepped aside.
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‘Diminished Capacity’: Suspended Judge’s Answer to 60 Charges Took an Unusual Turn
Facing a 113-page ethics complaint, Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose denied every count and argued that his mental and physical condition had impaired his ability to make rational decisions.
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Suspended Judge’s Bid to Halt Ethics Case Rejected in a Single Handwritten Word
Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose asked the Court of the Judiciary to pause proceedings while investigators kept working. The chief judge scrawled ‘Denied’ across the motion and signed it.
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Nine Judges Were Pressed Into Service to Cover a Suspended Judge’s Docket
With Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose suspended and facing a 60-charge ethics complaint, judges from Washington, Choctaw, Monroe and Marengo counties were assigned to keep his courtrooms running.
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A Judicial Shuffle in Mobile County: New Faces on the Bench and a Campaign Season Underway
A packed campaign kickoff at Wintzell’s, a newly sworn district judge and a quiet bar inquiry into a former circuit judge left the Mobile County courthouse in an unusual state of flux in January 2008.
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GOP Chairman Mark Erwin Applies for the Circuit Judgeship Left by Herman Thomas
Mobile attorney and Republican Party chairman Mark Erwin formally applied for the circuit court vacancy created by Judge Herman Thomas’s resignation, as more names surfaced for the appointment.