[Osborn F Enready]

Thanks Brien, and I too voiced about the same sentiment in response to his situation.

He has passed the hearing stage, and is now set for trial by jury.

His lawyer I have not met, but according to his brother-in-law, who I am friends with, he is a pretty honest, straight shooter type of lawyer......rare as they may be.

The lawyer was the one saying to "hope" for two years, so I doubt he is very confident in the case as compiled as of now.

I have had nightmares of being in similar situations..... it is a sad situation to be in.

thatoneguy00 said:
But then on the flip side of things, I had an uncle who was murdered with a shotgun in coldblood.they caught the guy he admitted to it, and he did seven years in prison.

I say:
While I don't know the specifics of the case, it seems like a light sentence, and I am sorry to hear about your loss.

thatoneguy00 said:
He is a free man today. So ya never know I guess its all in the mood that the judge is in too.

I say:
That is one of the things I despise in this system, is small court judge allowed, or accepted bias.

We have a city that is bordering ours, where the head judge presiding in civil traffic cases is a man who lost his daughter to a drunk driver. She was young, about 17 when she was killed I believe. Every single case he has tried that involves a traffic offense, God forbid anything having to do with alchohol, DUI or not, he deals in extremes as far as penalty issuance. He was the only judge I have stood before in my lifetime, where I actually contemplated jumping the little bannister between us and giving him a few elbow strikes to the head and neck area. I had to stand before him for a speeding, no-insurance charge, and actually had an argument with the man over the use and application of the word just. Truly, one of the biggest assholes I have ever witnessed wearing a robe.

I had another judge, from the Toledo Federal District Court whom I had the "honor" of meeting through indirect causation. I was employed by a local window cleaning company, and we did the Toledo Branch Federal Circuit Court. One of the terms of the contract is that the company notify the court a week prior to cleaning, so each of the branches of the office could notify their people to remove any items on the window, or in front of the window, that would block our duties to clean them, and we were to clean them without exception.

While doing one of the Judges private chambers windows (3rd floor), I had to exit and enter from his office to do the outside of several windows along that side of the building, as well as do his windows on the inside. Well the judge was not present, and his 3 foot deep marble window sills were covered in potted plants and knick-knack personal items, and there was no one available to move it, but me, so I did. While doing this, I knocked over one small potted plant, spilling a circle of potting soil about 3 and a half inches across. I picked it up after drying my hands, and replaced it as best I could, though there was a small remnant of particles in the carpet, to which I notified the escorting baliff, to notify their cleaning crew to assure it was cleaned up. An hour later, the baliff received a call to bring up "the window cleaner moron" who made a mess of his chambers. After being warned by the baliff that this judge was " a little out there " he led me into the chambers after getting permission to enter. As soon as the door closes, this asshole starts reaming me up and down in a tirade of insults, accusations and expletives that would make an ex-sailor as myself, blush. After he finished, he asked me what I had to say for myself.

(Restraining the physical, instinctual desire to lash out and physically correct this assault of disrespect and utter contempt for my being) I said, more or less that I had done my job as required, and that had he listened to the e-mail he received about clearing his window shelves and sills of personal belongings, this wouldn't have happened. I also told him that I notified the baliff to notify the cleaning crew, and that was the extent of my responsibility. I also told him I didn't appreciate his verbal assault, and that I was not his dog, and not to talk to me as such. There were more words exchanged, but at this time my memory fails to recall the exact words. Never the less, I was not reprimanded by my boss, nor would it have mattered, as the reaction would have still been the same.
The judge is an asshole, and everyone knows it, and joke about it. Yet he is still a judge, sitting everyday in federal court, deciding peoples fate......

Sad days are upon us.