Ex-Judge Who Admitted Drug Use Now Accused Of Racial Bias

ATLANTA -- The Justice Department is reviewing cases and sentences handed down by former federal Judge Jack Camp after allegations that he gave African-Americans harsher sentences than others, Channel 2 Action News has learned.

Camp, who recently pleaded guilty to charges that his stripper girlfriend bought him cocaine, marijuana and painkillers while he was a judge, is now facing allegations that further question his morals and character after a witness in the case that led to Camp's arrest in October gave additional information that some call disturbing.
“According to the witness, Camp told her that when African-American men appeared before him, he had a difficult time adjudicating their cases and specifically in determining their sentences because he couldn't differentiate them from the man that Camp disliked,” said U.S. Attorney Sally Yates.
The information from the witness calls into question virtually every decision Camp made on the bench from May 2010 -- the alleged beginning of his drug use -- to his arrest in October. Camp sentenced 16 defendants during that time period.
“This office will evaluate any criminal case adjudicated by Camp for impairment or bias that a defendant request that we review,” said Yates.
Through his attorney, Camp sent Channel 2 a statement saying in part, “Jack Camp will defend any decision he has rendered where a defendant may assert any sort of impairment or bias. None occurred in Judge Camp's courtroom.”
But Daryl Graham with the NAACP of metro Atlanta said the allegations are not unique, nor surprising.
“This is not the first case. It won't be the last case,” said Graham.
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