Arkansas judge resigns after accusations of sexual bartering

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Wed Jan 4, 2017 | 5:29pm EST

Arkansas judge resigns after accusations of sexual bartering

By Steve Barnes | LITTLE ROCK

An Arkansas judge has resigned after allegations he granted leniency to female defendants in exchange for sexual favors, a state judicial review commission said on Wednesday.

The judge, Timothy Parker of Eureka Springs, has denied the charges but submitted his resignation on Dec. 30, one day before his term in office was to end, the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission said.

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The terms of Parker’s resignation, submitted to Governor Asa Hutchinson, specify he cannot serve as a judge at any level in Arkansas.

Parker was appointed to the part-time judgeship in 2013 by former Governor Mike Beebe, and was ineligible to seek the office at the polls.

The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission said it was investigating Parker on suspicion of granting favors to friends and clients of his part-time law practice who were facing jail sentences in his court.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arkansas-judge-idUSKBN14O29T

[Warren DeMontague]

1. and let me guess, these were women facing things like 5 years in prison for a dime bag.

Yay drug war!

[WhiteTara]

2. Oh he liked to spank men.

He was an equal opportunity pervert.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. I see.

Makes me nostalgic for the simpler days, of judge penispump.

[WhiteTara]

6. I just read our local newspaper

and it seems that there is more than one pervert judge in Arkansas...who knew? lol. The latest pervert judge is from Eureka Springs and the other pervert is from southern Arkansas. Judge Parker (of ES) isn't into spanking men, but into molesting women prisoners.

I just wanted to correct the record. So many perverts, it's hard to keep up with them.

[bhowle]

4. Unfortunately my home town

In Eureka Springs, AR.

Tim is toast.

[ConnorMarc]

5. Verdict?

So that's the consensus of the people of your town...that he's toast?

[WhiteTara]

8. He has a law practice and

we'll see if the doors close. We'll update if they do.

[WhiteTara]

7. I just read the Independent and

realized it is Tim Parker here in town, not the pervert in Southern Arkansas.

Welcome to DU! Small world.