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Disbarment is readers' preferred punishment for lovebird judge and DA

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Grits' week-long reader poll has ended and the results are in regarding what should be the punishment for Judge Verla Sue Holland and former Collin County DA Tom O'Connell, the pair of legal lovebirds from Collin County whose adulterous, years-long affair has left hundreds of cases in question.One third of Grits readers, 33%, thought they should face criminal prosecution, while 45% said they should be disbarred. Only 15% said a public reprimand would be sufficient, while 6% said there should be no punishment because "it was a long time ago."I personally voted with the group who believes Holland and O'Connell should be disbarred; in a past era I might even approve if they were tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail. But I see no sense in wasting a dime of taxpayer money to prosecute the pair...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).

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