ADHD or an anger problem? Experts disagree about Sloop.

From: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) | Date: March 30, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Rene Stutzman

Mar. 30--SANFORD -- A psychologist testified Wednesday that the judge who locked up 11 people after they went to the wrong courtroom could, indeed, have a mental disorder, but that his real problem is that he's an angry man who uses intimidation to control others. Seminole County Judge John Sloop, 57, did not dispute those allegations on the second and final day of his trial before a panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, the state board t...

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