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"Do as he says, not as he does"
Our Governor has made quite a statement on crime during his tenure. He has built prison beds in good times and bad, passed the three strikes law, 10-20-life, and made five misdemeanors a felony. His stand on drugs alone makes it quite clear he is a zero tolerance kind of guy, with minor exceptions regarding his wife and all three of his children....
Some of you might be familiar with the Debra Lafave, a 23-year-old Tampa Middle School teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student in her home, her classroom and her car. Recently her lawyer went to court to have the photos taken by law enforcement of her genitalia sealed. The officers arresting her allegedly ordered the photos taken, they claim, to confirm tattoos, scars, tan line etc. to back up the claims of the student.
Anyone who is familiar with law enforcement in Orleans Parish knows about its long history of corruption with cops extorting money and having ties to organized crime. It has gotten so bad, a rogue cop even ordered the murder of a female fellow officer.
Even though the Bush administration and its other media lackeys have taken up the cry that people shouldn’t be playing the blame game, they themselves are doing so with great vigor. If they were to factually pointed out what went wrong or which agencies and leaders failed and where, it might help us figure a way of correcting the system. But as usual they are obscuring the truth...
Often times we have defendants who call our agency and tell us to contact their ex-wives, relatives who live out of town, co-workers or a casual male or female acquaintances will they say will help them get out of jail. This means that person would be putting up the cash to pay our fee and indemnify or guarantee that the defendant will show up for court.
Since it is our Agency’s position that we actually serve the person putting up the bail and not the defendant we often find ourselves in the position of discouraging those very people from posting bond.
So to that end we decided to provide our clients a list of issues that you may wish to consider before posting bond...
Our hearts ache for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. The loss of lives, homes and businesses is almost inconceivable. But since most of the loss of life occurred after the storm the questions people are asking now are: “why?” and “How could we be so unprepared?”
Recently the celebrated actor and avowed Scientologist has made a number of appearances to promote his latest movie and took the opportunity to express his excitement about his latest lady love. There is nothing new about changing relationships in Hollywood. Some folk feel that Hollywood celebrities change partners as often as most of us change our socks....
Well the long awaited results of Terri Schiavo’s autopsy are back. Seeing the results Governor Bush now has questions regarding how long her husband took to call for help. He has asked Bernie Mc Cabe our State’s attorney to look into the matter...
Tom Gallagher Florida's chief financial officer has once more thrown his hat into the ring as Republican Candidate for governor. We'd like to point out that in one breath he wants to bow to the rich by telling them he'll cut taxes on stocks and bonds and yet supports vouchers for those whose children find themselves in failing schools. Mr. Gallagher, where do you think the money for teachers and schools come from? Come on. Do the math Tom...