Governor Arne Carlson appointed Rice County attorney Jeffrey Thompson to the Third district bench in Winona today. The name Thompson may ring a bell. His father, T. Eugene Thompson was convicted of murdering his wife, Carol in 1963; one of the most sensational murders in Minnesota history. Thompson was convicted of hiring a hit man to kill her so he could collect the million dollar life insurance policy. He denied any connection with the crime, but spent almost twenty years in prison. Jeffrey Thompson says his family's ordeal probably influenced his decision to pursue law: Jeffrey Thompson will be sworn in to his new position as a jud