By
US~Observer Staff![](http://www.usobserver.com/archive/may05/images/judgegarythompson.jpg)
Circuit Court Judge Gary
S. Thompson representing Crook County, Oregon is our newest member of
the US~Observer Hall of Shame.
On February 7, 2005 an arrogant
Judge Thompson sentenced former gubernatorial candidate Roger Weidner
to ten days in jail for contempt of court.
A US~Observer investigation
has shown that Mr. Weidner was merely attempting to ask the judge a
simple question prior to the hearing that Weidner was appearing for.
Our investigation concurs
with Weidner’s position that Thompson was set to have Weidner
arrested before hand.
The Observer has received
numerous complaints over the years on this judge who clearly violated
his judicial canons when he incarcerated Weidner. According to witnesses,
Weidner had just a few words out when Thompson ordered him arrested.
Below is an excerpt from
a letter that Roger Weidner wrote to Judge Thompson subsequent to his
wrongful arrest:
Judge Thompson,
I was stunned when
you abruptly ordered my arrest, in front of a room full of my shocked
supporters and Sheriff Deputies, moments after you appeared in court
on February 7, 2005. I had asked your clerk several times before the
hearing started if she had word from you whether the request I had made,
on behalf of TV talk show host Susan Detlefsen, to video the proceedings
had been granted. When you entered the courtroom and ordered me to take
a seat behind the bar I started to respond by asking if the request
to video the proceedings had been granted. Before I could say more than
a few words you, still standing, angrily ordered me arrested and summarily
sentenced me to l0 days in jail for contempt. Then you had the guards
threaten my supporters by telling them that anyone speaking up would
also be arrested.
Your heavy-handed
“police state” type treatment of me is consistent with the
pattern of outrageous judicial abuse I have been subjected to for the
past l6-plus-years for exposing the corruption in the Oregon court system.
That on-going abuse is detailed in the documents attached to this letter.
It was obvious to all the supporters that your ordering of my immediate
arrest upon entering the courtroom was carried out according to a prearranged
plan to keep me from again speaking openly and truthfully in court about
the on-going corruption problem in the Oregon court system.
Roger Weidner
Editors
Note: Anyone wanting to read related articles on Weidner and his involvement
with the Patricia Wishon case, or the Ole Turnbow case should go to
www.usobserver.com, or usoregonobserver.com.
Explanation
of the Hall of Shame:
Anywhere,
USA - All too often today innocent people are convicted or
wrong rulings are handed down from incompetent or corrupt judges, in
concert with incompetent or corrupt attorneys, which literally ruin
the lives of those on the receiving end of the injustice.
The
US~Observer has a “Hall of Shame” for the corrupt or incompetent.
This section of the newspaper will be permanent, meaning that once a
corrupt or incompetent official, judge or attorney is listed, they will
remain there until they reverse their corrupt or incompetent acts and
write a sincere letter of apology to their victim. This is unlikely
to ever occur, so those listed can look forward to the public seeing
their picture in each future edition under the “Hall of Shame”
heading.
Our
first inductee was Judge Lane W. Simpson of Lake County, Oregon. Judge
Simpson issues false findings of fact from his office in Lakeview, Oregon.
Our most recent inductee is Circuit Court Judge Gary S. Thompson who
represents Crook County, Oregon.
We
could literally fill the entire paper with pictures and stories based
on accusations. This won't happen. Our readership should (as always)
know that we are speaking first hand and factually when they see an
Observer reporter’s name attached to the by-line.
In
Oregon a defendant can have a judge recuse him/herself for the simple
reason that the defendant believes he/she can't receive a fair and impartial
hearing from the judge appointed to their case. If a judge or attorney
is listed in our “Hall of Shame,” don't dare use them. They
are there for a valid reason and therefore should be shamed instead
of paid. If a politician is listed, don't vote for them and be sure
that you inform as many voters as possible that the politician is corrupt
and/or incompetent.
If
a corrupt or incompetent judge or attorney has damaged you, please send
their name and picture along with the proof of their corrupt or incompetent
acts against you and we will do everything possible to see that they
receive “Hall of Shame” status.
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