Every once in a while I read a book good enough to share. I recently read Judge Judy Sheindlin’s book Don’t Pee on My Leg and Tell Me Its’ Raining. I almost didn’t buy that book because I have never been a fan of Judge Judy, but it was on sale for half price. What’s a book lover to do? I’ve watched only a few of her TV courtroom programs and found her to be very insensitive, cold and abrupt with people who appeared before her bench. The book gave me a light bulb moment — meaning that I now realize why the judge is the way she is, and in so doing I changed my opinion of her 360 degrees. Ok 359 1/2. But I no longer view her as the wicked witch of the bench.
Judge Judy served as a Manhattan Family Court judge for over 24 years. Using real life case histories in her book, she give a no holds barred critique of “a criminal-friendly, criminal justice system” that shows more consideration for the criminals than it does for their victims. She pimp slaps readers with the disturbing revelation that many of this country’s laws need serious revision.