| Odyssey of the Mind seeking judges | | Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 2:45:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | GLENS FALLS -- Volunteers are needed to serve as judges for this year's Odyssey of the Mind Regional Competition slated for March 3 at the Glens Falls Middle/High School complex.The registration deadline is Friday.Sponsored by the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Board of Cooperative Educational Services Resource Center for Gifted Education, the Odyssey of the Mind Tournament is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college.This year nearly 700 students from 17 school districts -- Argyle, Ballston Spa, Bolton, Cambridge, Galway, Glens Falls, Fort Ann, Hadley-Luzerne, Hudson Falls, Lake George, Minerva, Salem, Saratoga Independent School, Schuylerville, Shenendehowa , South Glens Falls and Stillwater -- within the WSWHE BOCES region will participate.Winners from the regional competition move on to the state finals at SUNY Binghamton on March 31.... | |
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| | | Judges, district attorneys tossed from office | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:45:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | OKLAHOMA CITY The elections across Oklahoma produced a shake-up at courthouses statewide as judges and prosecutors were tossed out of office. Among those losing are Associate District Judge Craig Key in Lincoln County. Key lost to Meeker attorney Sheila Kirk who criticized Key for returning 2-year-old Kelsey Smith-Briggs to her mother's custody despite a Department of Human Services warning to the contrary. Kelsey died four months later and her stepfather is charged with murder and her mother with abuse. Also turned out of office are Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane who lost to former assistant prosecutor David Prater. Lane had fired Prater five years ago. Among the others who'll be looking for jobs are Oklahoma County Judges Susan Caswell and Nan Patton who both lost re-election races.... | |
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| | | Judges appeal for votes | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:45:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | The White County Democratic barbecue Saturday night was a night for the judiciary, as Circuit Judges Bruce Stewart, Thomas H. Sutton and James Wexstten urged voters to remember them Tuesday, Nov. 7.Stewart, a candidate for a seat on the Fifth District Appellate Court, opened his remarks by reminding everyone not to forgot to cast their ballots for Sutton and Wexstten, who are seeking retention as judges in the Second Circuit."Be sure to go to the end of the ballot," said Stewart. "These men need 60 percent of the vote to retain their seats, and they are both good men who deserve your vote." .... | |
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| | | Spanning the Gap Between Judges and Journalists | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:45:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | The chasm between judges and journalists, therefore, will not and should not disappear, but perhaps with some better communication, a little footbridge will span the gap every now and then. Story by Juliet A. Terry Email | Bio The West Virginia Judicial Conference was in Wheeling earlier this month, and organizers brought in the Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media to conduct a one-day workshop for judges and journalists. The event was designed to help each side do its job better, but it turned into an illuminating, almost emotionally exhausting day that felt like an eight-hour session with Dr. Phil McGraw. Judges and journalists rarely, if ever, get to speak candidly with one another. But candor, plus a little rancor and a fair amount of humor, were the orders of the day Oct.... | |
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| | | Bill on judges'' accountability to be introduced | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:45:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | A bill aimed at ensuring the accountability of judges is expected to be introduced in Parliament during the winter session beginning next month. The Judges (Inquiry) Bill provides for setting up a National Judicial Council (NJC) to probe any misconduct by a judge of the Supreme Court or High Courts. The proposed law, which entails certain amendments to the Judges (Inquiry) Act of 1968, provides for a procedure under which any person can make a complaint to the NJC against judges except the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The NJC will comprise the CJI, two senior-most judges of the apex court and two senior-most chief justices of the High Courts nominated by the CJI. The bill provides for inquiries by the NJC in cases of complaints against a judicial officer, official sources said. The bill was proposed to be introduced in Parliament in last year's winter session but this could not be done due to differing views in the judiciary.... | |
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| | | Rwanda: Judges Appeal to UN Over Genocide Suspects | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:45:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | Top United Nations judges from UN Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have expressed concern over the reluctance of some UN member states for having various suspects of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide apprehended. In a meeting held shortly after ICTR President, Judge Eric Mose addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday; the jurists urged member states to bring to book suspects like Felicien Kabuga (pictured) and others that are still at large. Kabuga and seventeen others are wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, to answer charges of genocide against them. The Tribunal, based in Tanzanian northern town of Arusha, faces a strict December 2008 deadline. Kabuga, who is believed to be hiding in Kenya, is accused of sponsoring the killings, which claimed an estimated one million ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.... | |
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| | | 'Chilli-hot' blackmail judges to be investigated | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 6:45:51 AM by Blog57 Team | | TWO immigration judges whose sexual antics were laid bare in a lurid blackmail trial involving their former Brazilian cleaner are to face a formal investigation. The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice will examine whether the judges employed Roselane Driza while knowing that she was in Britain illegally. .... | |
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| | | Angola: Deputy Chief Justice Swears in 32 Judges | | Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:45:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | At least 32 judges were sworn in Tuesday in Luanda in a ceremony presided over by the acting chief justice of the Supreme Court (TS), judge Antnio Caetano de Sousa. The judges will work in provincial courts and will develop an activity that, according to Caetano de Sousa, "is not easy" that is why he told them to dedicate attention to the constant changes in the country's laws, as working tools. .... | |
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| | | Group Polls Johnson County Judges on Hot Button Issues | | Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:45:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | A conservative political action committee has sent Johnson County judges a questionnaire about their beliefs on such controversial issues as abortion and school funding. The Kansas Judicial Review of Johnson County will use the answers to recommend to voters which judges should be retained. Tim Golba of Olathe is chairman of the committee. He says voters have a right to know more about how judges feel on controversial issues. However, many judges say they don't answer questionnaires from special-interest groups because their job is to enforce existing laws, not to advocate for what laws should be. For example, District Judge Steve Leben says he thinks that judges should broadly discuss their views -- but not try to answer narrow inquires like the ones in the questionnaire.... | |
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| | | Audience annoyed at muted judges | | Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 12:45:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | There was disquiet after the results as many people felt they deserved a better explanation from the judges this year about how they reached their decision. Members of the audience, players and conductors came up to 4BR after the conclusion of the 154th British Open to register their disappointment that the judges hadn't given a fuller explanation from the stage for the reasons behind their results. One irate supporter told 4BR: "Why is it that the organizers expect me to buy my ticket, and then pay for an expensive programme and short score only for the judges not to have the good grace to give at least some explanation about the test piece and what they were looking for?" Patronising .... | |
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