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Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 | 10:29 a.m.
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A District Court judge sentenced the husband of former Judge Elizabeth Halverson to three to 10 years in prison today for the beating of his wife with a frying pan last year.
District Judge David Barker sentenced 49-year-old Edward Halverson on one count of battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm.
Edward Halverson took an Alford plea on Oct. 24, avoiding a trial when he pleaded guilty to the one count after he attacked Judge Halverson with a frying pan on Sept. 4.
Under that plea, prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of attempted murder. Edward Halverson's plea means he doesn't admit to being guilty, but he believes there is enough evidence to convict him at a trial.
Barker set a restitution hearing for Feb. 13.
Judge Halverson called Metro Police to their home near Tropicana Avenue and U.S. 95 on Sept. 4 to report that her husband had beaten her with a frying pan.
Police arrested Edward Halverson, and Judge Halverson spent two weeks in a local hospital with severe injuries. She lost re-election to the bench and underwent a disciplinary hearing. She is appealing her removal from the bench.
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I am bereft of ideas on how this family could be more screwed up. Both of them make me shake my head in disbelief.
What am I missing here, the sentence maybe?
I saw her on her scooter a few weeks ago at Trader Joe's. What a whale.
Some unfortunate woman was with her, apparently because she's too bloated to even do her own shopping. Make that an obnoxious whale with a steady stream of petty demands.
Good riddance, at least to her public life!