I was in one of my classes today when I heard about a story that had flown by under my news radar. It involves a Federal Judge and a stripper! The entire story can be found here, but I find the possibilities of this story to be the most interesting. Judge Camp is a senior judge who had been taking a lighter case load due to his seniority. Apparently, he also found the desire to do some extra curricular activities with his free time. He was caught during an FBI sting buying drugs from an undercover office with the stripper (the name is not released).
What I find interesting is the fact that this doesn't seem to be getting as much coverage as other trials. I would have assumed that all forms of media would be having a field day with this story. This is a judge who has sentenced people with drug charges to serious jail time. Yet here he is caught doing the same thing he chastises others for doing! Attorneys are revisiting his past decisions to see if any of them can be over turned due to these new charges, but it is doubtful any will be. I have seen more media coverage over Senators having affairs than over this and I just find it a tad ironic.
I have to admit though, I feel worse for his wife and sons. Maybe it's for the best that the media isn't having a field day with this story and embarrassing the family even more.
You left out the best part...he is from Atlanta and was caught by the FBI in the parking lot of a Marietta Publix shopping center!
ReplyDeleteAre attorneys seriously looking at past drug cases he has ruled on?
That seems pretty ridiculous to me, whether or not he was doing the same thing outside of the courtroom does not change the fact that he was well-trained in how to rule on matters of the court and what the proper sentencing should be. Sure, it is very contradictory and he has made a fool of himself but I do not think any of his prior rulings should be called into question.
I have heard that his wife is going to stand by him throughout the case and I wish them the best of luck. Stories like this are always shocking but it all leads back to the fact that everyone is human. He should be sentenced in the same way that he would sentence someone for committing these same types of crimes….that is the justice of America!