UPDATE on pillar of society caught playing with his "gavel"

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Judges have earned the right to be scrutinzed much more diligently.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee judge was so addicted to prescription drugs during his final two years on the bench, he was having sex and buying pills during courtroom breaks, at times purchasing from convicts he had previously sentenced, an investigation found. His behavior has called into question many of the cases he presided over, including one of Knoxville's most notorious murders.

Many people didn't realize Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner had a problem until he stepped down from the bench and pleaded guilty in March 2011 to a single count of official misconduct. It would be another eight months before the seriousness of the judge's drug problem was revealed, casting uncertainty about whether Baumgartner was sober enough to be sitting on the bench.

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]JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — A judge in Will County has been reassigned, after revelations that his computer was used multiple times in an effort to access porn sites.

Associate Judge Joseph Polito, 69, was moved from divorce court at the main county courthouse in Joliet, to a branch courtroom, Will County officials confirmed to CBS 2.

Acting Chief Judge Richard C. Schoenstedt decided to go ahead with the temporary reassignment for Polito after reading the Sun-Times article that detailed the tastes in porn of someone using the judge’s computer.

Among the 243 porn websites somebody using Polito’s county computer account attempted to access are chubbyparade.com, hugeheavybreasts.com, bigbras-club.com, portofdebauchery.com and teenagesextape.com.

Many of the websites have names that can’t be printed in a family newspaper. Several suggest an interest in masturbation and large breasted women. Others cover specialty interests including office sex and older women.