TULSA, OKDonald Thompson, the former Creek County judge who became known as the penis pump judge after he was convicted of indecent exposure while adjudicating trials, has been released from prison.

Thompson, 61, married and the father of three adult children, was convicted in September 2006 on four counts of indecent exposure for using a penis pump while presiding over four trials in 2002 and 2003. He was sentenced to four, one year sentences in state prison, to be served consecutively, and fined $40,000. He has served about 20 months in prison. He will have to register as a sex offender with the Oklahoma Corrections Department and the Sapulpa Police Department within 72 hours.

The former judge had claimed the penis pump was a gag gift on his 50th birthday from a friend and despite eyewitness accounts, including police officers, he claimed he never used it.

Thompson had turned down a plea deal pre-trial which would have spared him prison with a guilty plea to three misdemeanor counts of outraging public decency.  The plea deal would also have allowed him to keep his $93,468 annual pension.

A former court reporter testified during Thompsons trial that she had seen Thompsons penis 12 to 15 times during trials. Thompson had fired the court reporter in 2004 after she testified before a state judicial commission about his alleged use of the penis pump in the courtroom.

Another court reporter who had recorded proceedings of one of Thompsons trials in September 2003, testified that she had seen Thompson use hand lotion and fondles himself during the trial.

Thompson, a former state legislator, had been a judge for nearly 23 years before he retired in 2004 amid the allegations. His attorney had admitted that Thompson had purchased another penis pump after a doctor who was treating him for erectile dysfunction and other medical problems had recommended it.

Thompsons attorney had claimed he wasnt guilty of masturbating on the bench as charged and said the local police were out to get his client because Thompson had made rulings unfavorable to them. 4-30-08