Stephen Aldrich

Stephen Aldrich (born 1941) 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. 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2011-07-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)