Judge Conducts "Therapeutic Jurisprudence"

The Advocatereports that Judge Don Johnson's method of "therapeutic jurisprudence" may be illegal. Judge Johnson has ordered some people convicted of certain crimes in his court to pay their fines to persons other than the Sheriff. He has ordered defendants to pay the Kiwanis Club, Southern University baseball team, and McKinley High School. The only problem with this is that the Louisiana Law requires that all fines be paid to the sheriff.

Posted by AJH at February 11, 2005 08:28 AM