Former Alabama judge disbarred for spanking defendants again elected to office

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Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas hugs a supporter during a rally in support of him outside Mobile Government Plaza in downtown Mobile Saturday, April 4, 2009. Thomas was indicted on 57 counts accusing him of checking inmates out of the jail and forcing them to engage in sexual activity. A jury eventually returned not-guilty verdicts on some charges, but deadlocked on others, which a judge then dismissed. Thomas was subsequently barred from practicing law in Alabama. (file photo).

Herman Thomas, a former Mobile County circuit judge who was disbarred in 2010 for paddling and spanking criminal defendants, has won election to the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee.

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