Tag Archive 'courts'


Jury finds Ritter’s death wasn’t negligent

March 14th, 2008

The jury hearing the case of the late actor John Ritter’s wrongful death lawsuit, which demanded $67 million, evidently saw the actor himself played a role.


John McCain, future U.S. Presidents, and faith

October 2nd, 2007

It seems inevitable that when U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Az.) opens his big mouth, people dislike what he says. Most of the time, I don’t even come close to agreeing with anything from the guy. There’s just something about the guy — other than him being a politician — that makes me not trust him.


Michael Vick jury ready to start

August 28th, 2007

A hat tip to my friend, Stan M., who came across this great illustration about the Michael Vick dog abuse/dog fighting trial.

It seems to perfectly illustrate the feelings in the U.S. of the people, as well, as well, other interested parties, if they were privy to the facts of the case.


Lawyer gets only 28 months for aiding terrorist

October 17th, 2006

After U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl pronounced the sentence of 28 months, saying she was guilty of smuggling messages between the Muslim religious dude and his followers, adding that the consequences of her actions could have been “potentially lethal,” she smiled, cried, and hugged supporters, the AP reported.

To warrant his deviation from federal sentencing guidelines that would have put Stewart in prison for 30 years, the pussy-footing judge said Stewart’s 30-plus years of helping poor, disadvantaged, and unpopular clients led him to be lenient. Just shoot me now, please.