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Drug court judge allegedly drunk during proceedings; goes to rehab instead of jail

Judge Gisele Pollack
(Source: ABC)

BROWARD COUNTY, FL — A Florida judge presiding over misdemeanor drug cases reportedly showed up to work intoxicated and had to be removed from court. In a palpable irony, even a person who has dedicated her career toward meddling in other people’s lives and using the force of government against them is herself incapable of keeping herself sober at work. The judge faces no legal consequences and instead of being carted off to jail like so many of the recreational drug users she has dealt with, she will voluntarily put herself in rehab.

Judge Gisele Pollack, who founded Boward County’s misdemeanor drug court in 2005, was seen verbally assaulting her judicial assistant and yelling for her car keys to be returned before another judge intervened, according to an unidentified source.

The tirade followed Pollack’s abrupt dismissal of the day’s session after only serving an hour and a half on the bench, during which time she began slurring her words while addressing defendants.

“She’s not afraid to lock somebody up if they’re repeatedly thumbing their nose at authority.”

One can only speculate how many cases Pollack, an admitted alcoholic, may have presided over while under the influence. She says she will address what she calls “health issues” during an intensive two week outpatient program before returning to the bench.

Not everyone in the legal community feels that’s quite an adequate remedy.

“Could you imagine doing a night in jail because a judge couldn’t understand or appreciate your argument?” said attorney Steven Schaet. “If she’s adversely affected someone’s life, she shouldn’t be on the bench.”

There are thus far no indications Pollack will face official disciplinary action. She has, however, checked herself into rehab.

Pollack’s court provides misdemeanor drug offenders opportunities to have their charges dismissed and their records wiped clean if they complete six months of rehabilitative treatment. Offenders who relapse face tougher consequences.

“She’s not afraid to lock somebody up if they’re repeatedly thumbing their nose at authority,” said defense attorney Bill Gelin.

In view of the vague penalties high-profile offenders are handed relative to the punishments routinely meted out to the commonfolk, it’s clear American society operates with orders of jurisprudence. U.S. Senator Donne Trotter, for instance, received one year of court supervision after he was caught trying to smuggle a handgun onto a plane at O’Hare airport late last year, and Keith Tabron, a former “Detective of the Year” for the Washington D.C. police department, was given a five year suspended sentence and probation for furtively videotaping his stepdaughter in the shower; a felony that under Maryland law demands sex offender registration. Prosecutors granted Tabron immunity from this provision, ostensibly because he had no prior criminal history.

Addiction is a tragic and destructive problem, as Judge Pollack surely must be aware. But it is not one that the government is capable of fairly or competently dealing with. In the spirit of justice, one would hope when she returns to the bench, she comes back with a new outlook on the oppressive War on Drugs… and that she comes back in a lucid state when holding people’s fates in her hands.

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Judge Gisele Pollack
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BROWARD COUNTY, FL — A Florida judge presiding over misdemeanor drug cases reportedly showed up to work intoxicated and had to be removed from court. In a palpable irony, even a person who has dedicated her career toward meddling in other people’s lives and using the force of government against them is herself incapable of keeping herself sober at work. The judge faces no legal consequences and instead of being carted off to jail like so many of the recreational drug users she has dealt with, she will voluntarily put herself in rehab.

Judge Gisele Pollack, who founded Boward County’s misdemeanor drug court in 2005, was seen verbally assaulting her judicial assistant and yelling for her car keys to be returned before another judge intervened, according to an unidentified source.

The tirade followed Pollack’s abrupt dismissal of the day’s session after only serving an hour and a half on the bench, during which time she began slurring her words while addressing defendants.

“She’s not afraid to lock somebody up if they’re repeatedly thumbing their nose at authority.”

One can only speculate how many cases Pollack, an admitted alcoholic, may have presided over while under the influence. She says she will address what she calls “health issues” during an intensive two week outpatient program before returning to the bench.

Not everyone in the legal community feels that’s quite an adequate remedy.

“Could you imagine doing a night in jail because a judge couldn’t understand or appreciate your argument?” said attorney Steven Schaet. “If she’s adversely affected someone’s life, she shouldn’t be on the bench.”

There are thus far no indications Pollack will face official disciplinary action. She has, however, checked herself into rehab.

Pollack’s court provides misdemeanor drug offenders opportunities to have their charges dismissed and their records wiped clean if they complete six months of rehabilitative treatment. Offenders who relapse face tougher consequences.

“She’s not afraid to lock somebody up if they’re repeatedly thumbing their nose at authority,” said defense attorney Bill Gelin.

In view of the vague penalties high-profile offenders are handed relative to the punishments routinely meted out to the commonfolk, it’s clear American society operates with orders of jurisprudence. U.S. Senator Donne Trotter, for instance, received one year of court supervision after he was caught trying to smuggle a handgun onto a plane at O’Hare airport late last year, and Keith Tabron, a former “Detective of the Year” for the Washington D.C. police department, was given a five year suspended sentence and probation for furtively videotaping his stepdaughter in the shower; a felony that under Maryland law demands sex offender registration. Prosecutors granted Tabron immunity from this provision, ostensibly because he had no prior criminal history.

Addiction is a tragic and destructive problem, as Judge Pollack surely must be aware. But it is not one that the government is capable of fairly or competently dealing with. In the spirit of justice, one would hope when she returns to the bench, she comes back with a new outlook on the oppressive War on Drugs… and that she comes back in a lucid state when holding people’s fates in her hands.

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Obama ‘hijacks’ tech executive meeting to make ‘PR pitch’ on Obamacare website fix instead of dealing with NSA surveillance

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Groom Runs Off, Guest Marries Bride Instead

(Newser) – A 30-year-old man thought he was just going to be a guest at a wedding in India last week but he ended up being the groom, the Times of India reports. The bride’s family apparently fought with the original groom Monday and he walked off angrily; he didn’t return as expected Tuesday and could not be found, and the wedding was scheduled for the following day. That’s when the guest, a relative of the bride, offered to marry her in what the Times calls “a kind gesture.” The family was “relieved” when the wedding took place on schedule.

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Michael Douglas reveals he had tongue cancer instead of throat cancer

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The ‘Wall Street’ actor revealed that his throat cancer was really tongue cancer.

Bite your tongue, Michael Douglas.

The actor, 69, who claimed to have throat cancer last spring, has now confessed that he in fact had tongue cancer.

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Douglas said he lied because surgery for the latter can be disfiguring, and he was promoting “Wall Street 2” at the time.

During an interview with Samuel L. Jackson on a Male Cancer Awareness Week special edition of UK TV’s “This Morning,” Douglas says surgeons warned him, “If we do have to have surgery it’s not going to be pretty.”

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“This was right before I had a big tour for ‘Wall Street,’ so we kind of said, ‘There’s no way we can cancel the tour and say we don’t feel well,’” Douglas told Jackson, according to People magazine.

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Douglas and wife of 13 years Catherine Zeta-Jones separated in August, but will reportedly reunite for Thanksgiving with their children in New York.

“I said, ‘You’ve just got to come out and just tell them I’ve got cancer and that’s it.’”

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The actor previously said his throat cancer was a result of an HPV strain caused by oral sex.

The actor’s handsome mug now appears to be in the clear, but maybe all the talk is an attempt to take attention away from his separation from wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was recently spotted still wearing her wedding ring.

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News broke of the A-list duo’s separation in late August, after nearly 13 years together.

Douglas and Zeta-Jones reportedly will reunite for Thanksgiving in New York with their two children- Dylan 13, and Carys, 12.  

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Michael Douglas reveals he had tongue cancer instead of throat cancer

"Special Report" Panel: Boots On The Ground Instead Of Drone Strikes?

“Special Report” Panel: Boots On The Ground Instead Of Drone Strikes?

The “Special Report” panel discusses the two recent military raids in Somalia and Libya.

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Chris Matthews: Has Obama Become Reactive Instead Of Active?

Chris Matthews recounts the ways he feels President Barack Obama could regain his “spark” in leadership. The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein and The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank join Hardball to discuss.

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