Judge's Call: True Stories

The judge called the case of People vs. Steven Lewon Crook.

The bailiff opened the door to the holding cell and called, "Crook, come forward."

Five of the prisoners entered the courtroom.
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A judge in Louisville decided a jury went "a little bit too far" in recommending a sentence of 5,005 years for a man who was convicted of five robberies and a kidnapping.

The judge reduced the sentence to 1,001 years.
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A man in Orange County Municipal Court had been ticketed for driving alone in the carpool lane.

He claimed that the four frozen cadavers in the mortuary van he was driving should be counted.

The judged ruled that passengers must be alive to qualify.