Earlier this week, Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice John Kane released details of an ethics investigation petition into the conduct of Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom – a.k.a the social media-addicted magistrate who liked to spend her time on the bench scrolling through Facebook, sharing GIFs, and texting her besties.
If you weren’t aware of the depravity and unprofessional conduct displayed by Oklahoma judges on a regular basis, you’d be shocked about some of the details in the petition.
Via a Rollin’ Nolan Clay article in The Oklahoman:
A new judge exchanged more than 500 text messages with her bailiff during her first murder trial, mocking the physical appearance of attorneys, jurors and witnesses, an investigation found.
Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom, 50, should be removed from office for her conduct, the Oklahoma Supreme Court's chief justice said Tuesday.
Soderstrom and her female bailiff joked in texts about the size of prosecutors' penises, called the key witness a liar and admired the looks of a testifying police officer, Chief Justice John Kane revealed in a 47-page petition.
Yep, the judge joked about the size of a prosecutor’s penis. I guess that’s a big deal, but at least she wasn’t having an affair with the prosecutor, going on a shooting spree in Texas, or worst of all, using a pump on the prosecutor’s penis. Those are positives… right?
For what it’s worth, DA Adam Panter isn’t too happy with the judge and her bailiff joking around about his penis size. Here’s what he told The Oklahoman: