Also in Australia this week, a man who tried to abscond with an expensive comic book from a store in Adelaide was apprehended by an ad hoc team of superheroes and turned over to police. Unfortunately for the villain, he…
It could work to your advantage.
Ex-judge, that is. After his firing, which you may recall was prompted by the jailing of a 19-year-old for failing to return a DVD to the library, former municipal judge James Kimmel stood by his decision to issue a bench…
I think this is the first time I've used this particular word here, but I think it has to be done. On April 9, the chief judge of the provincial court for Canada's Prince Edward Island acquitted a local hockey player…
First, as you have likely heard, Justice John Paul Stevens announced today that he will retire at the end of the Court's current term. The announcement comes just 11 days short of the Justice's 90th birthday, and, not that it…
The city council of Littleton, Colorado, said Tuesday that although it was "disappointed and saddened" by the situation, it had decided to fire Municipal Judge James Kimmel after almost 30 years of service. Matters came to a head after a 19-year-old…
He was being just a tad sarcastic, but he did say it. On April 6, the California Court of Appeal vacated a lower court's ruling that Steven Martinez should be granted a "compassionate release" from prison because he is a quadriplegic….
On Sunday, New York state senator Eric Adams announced the start of the latest campaign to raise the pants of America's youth. Adams described the "Stop the Sag!" campaign as a major effort to fight what he called the "insidious…
He sought to minimize the impact of the event, but witnesses disagreed.
Next time you see a "new guy" walking around the office, you might want to introduce yourself. You might also want to check to make sure "new guy" is actually an employee, and not, for example, a burglar who is…