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CA: Yolo's cool old hippie retires

Skelly Bosnia
May 21, 2009 04:39

From the Sacramento Bee:Yolo County loses best-known employee among exodus of early retireesBarry Melton knows his days as a young rock icon, when he took the stage at Woodstock with a tousle of blond curls, are long past... But at 61, Melton – the Yolo County public defender who became famous as "...

ID: Lake Overturn, 83651

Skelly Bosnia
May 19, 2009 06:20

Could this be the Great Southern Idaho Novel? Here is "Lake Overturn," by Nampa native Vestal McIntyre: To her surprise, the judge was not an old man with white hair. He was a Mexican, and only perhaps in his early forties. He did, though, wear the kind of reading glasses she expected judges to...

CA: visiting clients in LA's towers

Skelly Bosnia
May 18, 2009 04:58

From Days and Nights with the Unbored, here's p.d. El Cholestero on jail visiting:...I've spent more time in jail facilities than most religious people have spent inside of church. I've heard such stories of sadness, anger, desperation, stupidity, recklessness and pure evil. How can I remain...

WA: in juvy, "poems with power and pain"

Skelly Bosnia
May 16, 2009 19:18

From the Stranger:Increasing the Vocabulation, Reducing the Distress - A Poetry Program at JuvieThe audience has been quiet until now — they know they'll be sent back to their narrow cells if they aren't polite — but a young man reads a poem that inspires the audience to laugh and cheer and mutter "...

ID: does wardrobe malfunction averted = justice malfunction avoided?

Skelly Bosnia
May 14, 2009 03:33

From The MountainGoat Report:Wardrobe Ruling In 'Exotic Case'Gender identity won't be on trial this June in Twin Falls County but it is difficult for many to believe otherwise. If you haven't been following the story of Nastaran, or legally Majid, Kolestani, a transgender Iranian refugee accused in...

ID: wondering if the fix is in for Canyon Co PD

Skelly Bosnia
May 09, 2009 19:10

From the Idaho Press-Tribune:Committee selected to find new public defender for countyThird District Administrative Judge Juneal Kerrick has appointed a committee of three local attorneys to consider candidates who want to be appointed the next public defender for Canyon County... This panel will...

WA: diversion, you know, for kids

Skelly Bosnia
May 08, 2009 07:05

From the Tacoma News Tribune:Juveniles: Out of trouble, into better lifeGetting into trouble turned out to be a blessing for Kristen Larkin. A prank two years ago landed the Parkland teen in a diversion program run by the Pierce County Juvenile Court. Instead of being prosecuted for two crimes,...

Russian emoti-con

Skelly Bosnia
May 07, 2009 06:09

From the Moscow Times:Honey, I Killed a Cop. I'm Sorry :((W)e may never know the degree of sorrow felt by a young Novosibirsk woman over the traffic cop she struck and killed with her car while driving drunk... (T)he text message - complete with emoticon - she sent her boyfriend after killing the...

Testifrying

Skelly Bosnia
May 03, 2009 20:52

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:Sometimes, defendants do the darndest thingsTimothy Lee Williams' lawyer, Frank C. Walker II, stood next to him, powerless. He had advised Mr. Williams not to testify, but his client didn't listen."All I really wanted to do was express myself," the defendant began,...

ID: Canyon Co low-bid defense? No

Skelly Bosnia
May 01, 2009 04:03

From Dennis at SCOIDBlog:Canyon County & State of Idaho Sued Over Public Defender ServicesThe Canyon County Public Defenders have sued the State and Canyon County. Wiebe and Fouser, P.A. currently holds the public defender contract, but recently the county invoked a 90-day termination provision and...