A former Arkansas judge has been sentenced to five years in prison after he admitted giving young male defendants lighter sentences in exchange for sexual favors, including posing for nude photos.
Joseph Boeckmann’s lawyer had wanted home detention for the 72-year-old ‘broken, ailing man’, and prosecutors recommended a three-year prison term, but after hearing from two of the ex-judge’s victims, US District Judge Kristine Baker said she had no choice but to impose an even stiffer penalty, which also includes a $50,000 fine and three years of supervised release.
‘He acted corruptly while serving as a judge. When his back was against the wall, he obstructed justice,’ Baker said. ‘That sets his crime apart.’
Prosecutors said Boeckmann’s pattern of misbehavior dated at least to the 1990s, when he was investigated while serving as a part-time deputy Cross County prosecutor. Federal prosecutors decided against charging him after he agreed to give up his post in 1998.
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