And finally… singing judge
A judge has released a CD of original songs he wrote based on his courtroom experiences.
Judge Michael Thorpe said song-writing has “helped me think about these folks and deal with them a little differently”.
The 67-year-old presides over cases in a magistrates’ court in Gwinnett County in the US state of Georgia.
He learned to play guitar just over a year ago and is already planning “six or seven new songs” following his CD release, WSB-TV reports.
The judge also admitted that he regularly notes down lyric ideas during court proceedings.