Top 5 Surprising Actions Taken By Judges

An Idaho judge recently ordered a defendant's mouth to be shut with duct tape when he became disruptive during a court hearing. Here are some other surprising actions taken by judges:



Philip's list:

1. Judge in Nevada keeps ending every statement he makes with the words “in bed,” followed by incessant giggling: “Objection sustained… in bed!”

2. At the beginning of the month, a judge declared a murder suspect not guilty, then shouted “April fools!”

3. Nevada judge decides sentencing by letting defendants spin the “Wheel of Punishment.”

4. Mississippi judge kept referring to the defense attorney as “college boy,” while spitting loudly into a brass spittoon.

5. California judge gave a convicted murderer a 20-sided die and said, “The court hereby sentences you to die by lethal injection, unless you make your saving throw.”





Douglas's list:

1. Judge constantly brought proceedings to a halt by refusing to change his cell phone's ringtone from "banging gavel."

2. Secretly replaced defendant's brewed coffee with Folger's instant crystals.

3. Instead of yelling "All rise!", judge makes bailiff yell, "Simon says, 'All rise!'"

4. Judge pronounced defendant guilty. Guilty of love in the first degree.

5. Instructed jury that they could find the defendant guilty, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of that hairy-ass mole on his face.