I don’t know the details of evidence surrounding the charging, convicting and sentencing of Larry Nassar, the disgraced former US Gymnastics team doctor who apparently abused his patients sexually.

However, I find it troubling that a judge would express his views in sentencing the man to what amounts to the rest of his life in prison in terms of “honor and privilege” as reported.

Judges are dispassionate in their special roles in civilized societies.