One judge was caught smoking marijuana in a public park, while another makes a fool of himself on national television presiding over the Anna Nicole Smith circus. The chief criminal judge wrapped up a recent trial by suggesting the defendant and the victim and the witnesses--all of whom were poor and black--didn't really matter. "NHI" he said. No humans involved.

The Broward judiciary is rife with allegations of bigotry, racism, nepotism, sexism, cronyism -- and just about every other ism you can imagine.

You have judges telling crime victims they have to speak English if they want to be heard, while the county's top judge, Dale Ross, has been accused of ridiculing Mexican and African-American defendants from the bench.

"Broward County is a major metropolitan area," said Bill Gelin. "It's a majority minority community, and it is still being run by boss hog and his adjutants."