<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a69e492e-aa46-41ec-a9c0-432ef6d00da6/4F5D390F-A877-472B-9FB6-17370BD5239A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/1238591769320790.xml&coll=3" href="http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/1238591769320790.xml&coll=3" style="font-size: 11px;">www.al.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/1238591769320790.xml&coll=3"><P>In a rare plea for help from the public, and an even rarer acknowledgement of an ongoing federal investigation, the Mobile office of the FBI announced a long-running probe of allegations against former Circuit Judge Herman Thomas. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/1238591769320790.xml&coll=3"><P>Thomas was indicted Friday by a special Mobile County grand jury and charged with 57 state offenses, including kidnapping, sodomy, sex abuse and extortion, all involving allegations that he checked young male inmates out of the Mobile County Metro Jail to exert control over them and force them into sexual activity. </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/03/democrat-judge-arrested-on-inmate-sex.html" href="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/03/democrat-judge-arrested-on-inmate-sex.html" style="font-size: 11px;">gatewaypundit.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/03/democrat-judge-arrested-on-inmate-sex.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/img/65DD7882-F948-481D-A31F-712113B0B80E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/03/democrat-judge-arrested-on-inmate-sex.html"><DIV>Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas was charged with 57 counts of inmate sex. 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