A local television station in Orlando has published the entire search warrant in the Casey Anthony case online, go read it here:
http://www.wftv.com/download/2008/0807/17124703.pdf.
7/29/2008
The Best Caylee Anthony Coverage is by David Lohr
I have not been able to find a site that is doing a better job of covering the Caylee Anthony disappearance than David Lohr over at Investigation Discovery - this is just excellent work:
Full Coverage - Table of Contents for ID's Full Coverage of Caylee Anthony
ID's Timeline of Events which is kept current and intersperced with links to videos, audios, etc.
ID's Audio File Collection including the jailhouse phone conversations and the 911 calls
ID's Document Collection including court filings, press releases, etc.
Full Coverage - Table of Contents for ID's Full Coverage of Caylee Anthony
ID's Timeline of Events which is kept current and intersperced with links to videos, audios, etc.
ID's Audio File Collection including the jailhouse phone conversations and the 911 calls
ID's Document Collection including court filings, press releases, etc.
7/11/2008
Is Your Local Starbucks Closing?
Well, Google is always so Johnny-On-The-Spot ... thanks in large part to StarbucksGossip.Com, Google Maps has a list of rumored Starbucks closings (you know, Starbucks already issued its press release that it's closing 600 stores but has failed to delineate which stores comprise that list):
click here for the Google Map of Rumored Starbucks Store Closings
Whew. None in San Antonio. Yet.
7/08/2008
Why Not Blow Off Jury Duty?
I don't know about your jurisdiction, but here in San Antonio, it's really not smart to blow off jury duty. Just ask Liz Chavarria, who didn't show up for the first day of trial after she was picked as a juror for a criminal case.
Yep, everyone had to set around and wait on her that day: the judge, the clerks, the court reporter, the attorneys, the witnesses, the defendant, the bailiff, and the 11 jurors who did show up.
So, Judge Vasquez-Gardner ordered her to over 100 hours of community service - in the Central Jury Room, where everyone who's called for jury duty sits around, waiting to be called for a panel - but no fine, because the Judge figured that Liz's parent would end up paying it. Liz also has to write 14 letters of apology: one to each juror (including Liz's alternate, who replaced her) and one to each of the attorneys (prosecutor and defense counsel).
Me? Cool Judge, I particularly like the letters of apology, and Liz is lucky she didn't get jail time. Other judges here simply send out the Bexar County Sheriff to arrest those who fail to show up - they are in contempt of court - and let them spend some time in the local jail.
Yep, everyone had to set around and wait on her that day: the judge, the clerks, the court reporter, the attorneys, the witnesses, the defendant, the bailiff, and the 11 jurors who did show up.
So, Judge Vasquez-Gardner ordered her to over 100 hours of community service - in the Central Jury Room, where everyone who's called for jury duty sits around, waiting to be called for a panel - but no fine, because the Judge figured that Liz's parent would end up paying it. Liz also has to write 14 letters of apology: one to each juror (including Liz's alternate, who replaced her) and one to each of the attorneys (prosecutor and defense counsel).
Me? Cool Judge, I particularly like the letters of apology, and Liz is lucky she didn't get jail time. Other judges here simply send out the Bexar County Sheriff to arrest those who fail to show up - they are in contempt of court - and let them spend some time in the local jail.
6/17/2008
They Settled Virginia Tech Today
They've reached a settlement in the Virginia Tech killings, and the Judge approved the agreement today. I'm not sure how I feel about this, or what I think.
I hope that these 24 families get some closure from today's ruling. What happened on that campus was such a horror, with so many of the victims, so young. So many years stolen from them.
I think about the legal fees. I wonder what the cut was. Forty percent - fifty? Plus expenses before the families see a dime? That's not unreasonable, that's sorta standard these days. How much of that $11 million will the 24 families really get?
I think about litigation from a legal perspective, and how being an attorney turned into a business somewhere in the past 30 years or so, and reading this newstory today makes me sad.
Did anyone sue the University of Texas after the sniper, Charles Whitman, shot students at random from the Tower? Did anyone ever seriously think to do so?
How responsible can any university truly be when someone with a severe mental illness turns violent?
Do we, as a society, really think money is this powerful and important?
Just some of the things I'm pondering this evening. My condolences to everyone who was harmed by the Virginia Tech Tragedy, as well.
I hope that these 24 families get some closure from today's ruling. What happened on that campus was such a horror, with so many of the victims, so young. So many years stolen from them.
I think about the legal fees. I wonder what the cut was. Forty percent - fifty? Plus expenses before the families see a dime? That's not unreasonable, that's sorta standard these days. How much of that $11 million will the 24 families really get?
I think about litigation from a legal perspective, and how being an attorney turned into a business somewhere in the past 30 years or so, and reading this newstory today makes me sad.
Did anyone sue the University of Texas after the sniper, Charles Whitman, shot students at random from the Tower? Did anyone ever seriously think to do so?
How responsible can any university truly be when someone with a severe mental illness turns violent?
Do we, as a society, really think money is this powerful and important?
Just some of the things I'm pondering this evening. My condolences to everyone who was harmed by the Virginia Tech Tragedy, as well.
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