Former St. Clair County Judge Michael Cook, right, arrives at the U.S. District Courthouse in East St. Louis, Ill., with his father, Bruce Cook. U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade on Wednesday rejected a plea deal on heroin and gun charges for the former Illinois judge at the center of a courthouse drug scandal, saying the 18-month prison sentence wasn't long enough. Cook, 43, who has been free on bond, pleaded guilty in November to a misdemeanor heroin-possession charge and a felony count of having firearms while being a user of controlled substances. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)
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