On a similar, but completely different subject, I read a story in the LA Times the other day about a judge with his priorities straight:
Riverside County Judge Chose Ballgame Over Verdict
August 16, 2006
By Maeve Reston / Times Staff Writer
The state Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished Riverside County Superior Court Judge Paul E. Zellerbach on Tuesday for refusing to return from an Angels playoff game to handle a verdict in a murder trial and turning down the attorneys' request to allow another judge to receive the jury's verdict.
The whole story