Reply #5: What a nutjob! More, from the linked article: [View All]

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In 1987, he sentenced an inmate in a work-release program to 15 years behind bars for bringing eight cans of beer into a corrections facility on Christmas Eve.

In 1989, he jailed his cousin. He ordered the Fort Meade man held in jail on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct. A legal expert interviewed at the time said Durrance should have stayed out of a case involving a relative.

Many of his sentences were overturned by appellate judges. Between 1987 and 1989, the Lakeland-based 2nd District Court of Appeal issued 48 opinions on Durrance's cases, with 18 reversals. That's more than one-third of his cases -- 37.5 percent.