Posts Tagged as ‘Courts’

September 18, 2008

Parental Responsibility

Parents jailed in school truancy crackdown
By DAVID SIMPSON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

A DeKalb County crackdown on school truancy has begun with the jailing of nine parents.
The parents were arrested Tuesday and appeared in jail uniforms Wednesday morning before Chief Recorders Court Judge R. Joy Walker to have bonds set.
Solicitor General Robert James said Tuesday’s sweep [...]

July 10, 2008

Wasteful Lawsuits: Felled by the Holy Spirit

Hmm…this guy needs a reality check! Churches are really the wrong targets. They don’t have deep pockets. Juries won’t feel more sympathy for an injured guy than for a church. And insurance companies really don’t pay off bad lawsuits.
 
Man moved by spirit of God sues church over injury
Associated Press
Published on: 07/10/08
 
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A man [...]

May 8, 2008

Bad Negotiation Tactics…

Ladies, this tactic will land you in jail, NOT with any satisfaction.
As reported in the Athens Banner Herald:
Story updated at 10:36 PM on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
An Athens woman used a gun Tuesday to make a one-sided settlement with her estranged husband, Athens-Clarke police said.
Ben Russell, 59, of Nicholson, agreed to meet his wife about [...]

April 30, 2008

Prosecution Underway?

Finally, it appears the terrorist prosecutions of folks at Gitmo will be going forward. Salim Hamdan will go on trial June 2. But wait, today, Hamdan refused to participate in a pretrial hearing and so did his lawyers. This left the prosecutor Lt. Col. William Britt a little confused.
How can these attorneys represent a client [...]

April 26, 2008

Religion vs. Crime

When Texas officials entered the property of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, America cheered. The search warrant for the properly signed and sealed, no doubt, with memories of the Waco standoff some years ago in mind. They searched for a girl who they believed called law enforcement to report sexual [...]