Stephen Aldrich

Stephen Aldrich (b. 1941 (age 74–75)) 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. He is a graduate of Grinnell College and the University of Minnesota Law School.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Rochelle Olson (2009-11-12). "Group calls for judge to resign after 'joke' at hearing". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  2. ↑ Madeleine Baran (2009-11-12). "Group calls for judge to resign over inappropriate remarks". Minnesota Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Real Life examples of judicial abuses". Judge our courts. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13. 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'.
  4. ↑ http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Stephen_C._Aldrich
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