Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/tag/judicial-rankings/)
The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting revealed last July that McLaughlin repeatedly made derogatory comments from the bench, among other judicial missteps.
Among her inflammatory comments, Judge Sandra McLaughlin said a defendant in a Barack Obama t-shirt was “lucky to get out of here alive” and called the clothing a “double whammy.” She’s made several procedural mistakes from the bench. In running for re-election, McLaughlin lied in a campaign flyer about an endorsement.