MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Sheriff's Office has issued a response to comments that Sheriff Paul Burch recently made on his personal Facebook page about a local judge.

"We are aware of questions regarding remarks made on Sheriff Burch's personal Facebook page about recent rulings by a judge in criminal cases," a statement from the MCSO said. "The comments reflect his personal views and were not issued by this office."

Burch did not give the judge's name, but said a "Mobile County Circuit Judge has made some of the worst rulings from the bench for criminal cases," and "the recent rulings are despicable from a criminal justice perspective."

He addressed the statement to "law-abiding citizens and supporters of animal rights," but did not reveal specific cases. He said he would

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