Pubdate: Wed, 25 Sep 2002
Source: Herald-Sun, The (Durham, NC)
Copyright: 2002 The Herald-Sun
Contact:  http://www.herald-sun.com
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Author: Kenneth L. Hunt

OFF THE BENCH

You can add Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson to the growing list of 
incompetents in the city of Durham. I'm sure the vast majority of citizens 
are outraged at his latest decision regarding State Trooper Clinton J. 
Carroll's arrest of a Hispanic drunk driver ("Judge rules trooper engaged 
in profiling," Sept. 20).

Judge Hudson should either resign or be kicked off the bench. He is typical 
of the problem with our justice system. He is an embarrassment to the 
judicial system and just more fodder for the old 
guess-what-happened-in-Durham jokes. He is also the judge who overturned 
many drug arrests from the inhabitant-requested drug crackdown at the Cheek 
Road Apartments. The Hispanic driver was given a ticket for being drunk, 
which he was. Trooper Carroll may have saved some innocent person's life.

As for Public Defender Bob Brown, he gets paid for getting guilty people 
set free to prey upon the innocent. He reminds me of an old joke: Do you 
know what's black and brown and looks good on a lawyer? Answer: A Doberman 
pinscher.

KENNETH L. HUNT

Durham

September 25, 2002
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