| Ex-justice sentenced for stealing power | | Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:45:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | SCHOHARIE _ Former Town of Esperance Justice Charles P. Myles, convicted of stealing electricity by tampering with a meter, was sentenced in Schoharie County Court on Wednesday. He received five years of probation and was ordered to do community service, make restitution and pay a fine. "The disgrace Mr. Myles brought upon himself and the judicial system is profound," said Special Prosecutor Michael Breen, who asked the judge to impose a one-year term in the county jail. Judge George Bartlett said he agreed Myles’ actions were disgraceful. "It’s sad for a judge to admit a fellow judge would do something like this," he said. However, citing the 65-year-old Myles’ age and his lack of a serious criminal background, Bartlett chose to sentence him to probation.... | |
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| | | Former chief justice takes on new job | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:46:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | Former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Gordon is tackling a new role as executive director of Arizona's Finest Lawyers, a newly forming organization that provides a Web-based directory of lawyers in Arizona. Gordon, 77, who retired as chief justice in 1992, said he hopes the organization will help promote lawyers who are selected by their peers as tops in their practice areas and also guide consumers more easily as they search for legal representation. He also said the organization will use a portion of its profits to help fund low cost legal services through Arizona's Finest Lawyers Foundation. .... | |
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| | | Justice Department probing Sony unit | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:45:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | Sony said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Justice is probing its electronics unit as part of an industry-wide investigation into sales of a type of memory chip. The news could spell more trouble for a company already stung by sinking profits, a global battery recall and product delays. The Japanese company received a subpoena from the Justice Department's antitrust division seeking information about Sony's static random access memory, or SRAM, business, company spokesman Atsuo Omagari said. "Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DOJ in what appears to be an industry-wide inquiry," the company said in a short statement. Sony has been battered by a worldwide recall of lithium-ion batteries on fears they could overheat and burst into flames. The recall affected almost every major laptop maker in the world, including Dell Inc., Apple Computer Inc.... | |
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| | | NC Chief Justice Candidate Wants Group To Reveal TV Ad Plans | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:15:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | RALEIGH, N.C. -- A candidate for state chief justice has asked a group that plans to run TV ads about appellate court races to disclose its plans. Rusty Duke is a Republican who's challenging Chief Justice Sarah Parker in the Nov. 7 nonpartisan election. Friday, he called FairJudges.net a "front group" for Democrats. He said the financial reports the group must file probably won't be available until after Election Day. .... | |
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| | | Attorneys ask justice of the peace to resign | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 6:45:34 AM by Blog57 Team | | GREAT FALLS - Two Great Falls attorneys have asked Justice of the Peace Sam Harris to end his re-election bid and resign.Earlier this month, Harris acknowledged that he had written coarse messages in an online chat room. Harris apologized then, saying he intended to continue his campaign.Now, attorneys Channing Hartelius and Zander Blewett say Harris has inappropriately ordered people jailed. Two claims of wrongful incarceration are pending with Cascade County insurers, each seeking damages of more than $20,000. The county already has paid $9,500 to settle claims against Harris.In an interview with the Great Falls Tribune on Friday, Harris once against apologized for the online messages. .... | |
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| | | Criminal Justice Degree puts Your Career on the Fast Track | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:45:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | (ARA) - Television programs like "CSI" and "Without a Trace," with their state-of-the-art technology and intriguing cases have many people thinking about working in the criminal justice field. While forensic science and computer technology are certainly part of this exciting field, a degree in criminal justice opens up many career opportunities.Careers in the field include jobs in corrections, law enforcement, education, counseling, law, research, security, and the military. If protecting people and property is what you want to do, a degree in criminal justice can give you the skills you need to get into this growing field.The U.S. Department of Labor predicts that by 2010 there will be more than a 29 percent increase in the demand for FBI officers, police officers, private detectives, U.S.... | |
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| | | Case Goes to Justice Department | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 2:45:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | Federal housing officials who claim that a campaign by Manassas against crowded housing has illegally targeted Hispanic families have turned their investigation over to the Justice Department, saying the city has failed to adequately settle complaints. "We made an extensive effort to resolve the matter, but it was unsuccessful," said Bryan Greene, the deputy assistant secretary for enforcement and programs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. "We conducted a full investigation and attempted to conciliate with many parties involved, which included many individuals, civil rights groups and the City of Manassas. In the end, conciliation has failed." .... | |
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| | | Liberia: Justice Needs More Attention | | Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:45:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | THE LAST COMMENT we made regarding respect for the rule of law by ordinary Liberians and functionaries of government was prompted by the believed refusal of the government to settle its indebtedness to Morweh Liberia Ltd even though a chamber justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia helped the parties reach payment agreement. At the time, we indicated that unless judicial opinions were respected and abided by all, the nation runs the risk of not only losing the chance to reform the judiciary, but it also poises to slide back to the dark days of overbearing executive and desperate, disgruntled people. Shortly after that comment and when we thought the admonition would go down well especially at this time of national reform, we got a backlash: the leadership of the Judiciary accused us of wishful thinking and in the same breath, vowed to uphold the sanctity of the Judiciary.... | |
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| | | First woman to become Iowa's chief justice discusses priorities | | Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:45:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | DES MOINES, Iowa The new chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court says she never dreamed of becoming the first woman named to the top post while growing up on a small farm in eastern Iowa. Marsha Ternus (TURN'-us) says her daughter calls her a classic success story -- a farm girl who made good. Ternus, who grew up near Urbana, succeeds retiring Chief Justice Louis Lavorato (LAH'-ver-AH'-toh) at the end of the month. As for being the first women to serve as Iowa's top judge, Ternus says it's "always surprising" when people react or respond to her in that way, singling out the fact that she is a woman. Ternus says she's just doing what she loves to do. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.... | |
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| | | Justice Minister Toews stresses independent judiciary at judge ... | | Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 8:45:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | TORONTO (CP) - Justice Minister Vic Toews spoke about the importance of rule of law and an independent judiciary as part of his welcome speech at the triennial Conference of the Commonwealth Judges and Magistrates Association in Toronto. The week long conference, which began Sunday, will host 500 judges from Commonwealth countries and will focus on diversity issues faced by judges. Association treasurer Paul Norton says the conference allows judges to exchange views on how to keep their justice systems free from government interference and corruption. Some of the topics to be discussed this week include judicial responses to "the war against terrorism", dealing with the control and the consequences of illicit drug use, and the impact of the courts on family life and domestic violence.... | |
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