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But he never talked about what prosecutors contend was the true purpose of his trip to Russia in September 2002.
While there, Thompson admitted during evaluation and counseling sessions with psychiatrists, he met with a teenage boy in his St. Petersburg hotel.
He filmed himself and the boy engaging in sex acts. The tape continued for 40 minutes.
State police arrested Thompson, 59, in April 2003 and charged him with possession of child *advertiser censored*, including the videotape he made and carried back with him to his home.
Jury selection in his trial -- now being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office -- is scheduled to start Wednesday and could last more than a week. Jurors will be told the trial could last until mid-October.
He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
Thompson, a Haddonfield native who resigned from the bench after his arrest, had been a state judge for 14 years. At the time of his arrest, he was assigned to the criminal division and was responsible for hearing cases involving violations of the state's Megan Law, which requires convicted sex offenders to register with police.
Thompson's defense attorneys, Leonard Baker and Edwin Jacobs, filed notice they would present an insanity defense.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050906/NEWS01/509060336/1006
While there, Thompson admitted during evaluation and counseling sessions with psychiatrists, he met with a teenage boy in his St. Petersburg hotel.
He filmed himself and the boy engaging in sex acts. The tape continued for 40 minutes.
State police arrested Thompson, 59, in April 2003 and charged him with possession of child *advertiser censored*, including the videotape he made and carried back with him to his home.
Jury selection in his trial -- now being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office -- is scheduled to start Wednesday and could last more than a week. Jurors will be told the trial could last until mid-October.
He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
Thompson, a Haddonfield native who resigned from the bench after his arrest, had been a state judge for 14 years. At the time of his arrest, he was assigned to the criminal division and was responsible for hearing cases involving violations of the state's Megan Law, which requires convicted sex offenders to register with police.
Thompson's defense attorneys, Leonard Baker and Edwin Jacobs, filed notice they would present an insanity defense.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050906/NEWS01/509060336/1006