Not a Dinner Party
Sentenced on the other crimes, he surely won’t go free / But we find he can’t be guilty of this final felony / Convictions for the forgery and theft are approbated / The sentence for insurance fraud, however, is vacated
Judge J. Michael Eakin • Apparently, this Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice is known locally as the “rhyming judge” for — you guessed it — issuing judicial verdicts in verse. We love that people like this exist. (Correction: The initial post had the wrong state. Oops, sorry about that.)  source (via • follow)

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12/22/11 at 11:41pm
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  8. mommapolitico said: Amazing - wonder if he writes the judgments in rhyme or if they’re spontaneous…now, that would be something! Thanks for bringing this to our attention! Very cool.
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  13. truestory said: this is awful. when judicial verdicts are parsed on appeal, it’s under the assumption that judges chose their language carefully and deliberately. contriving opinions to fit a rhyme scheme undermines that
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