http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php Judged Law Blogs Feeds en-us (C) 2006 Judged. All rights reserved. contact@judged.com(Judged) contact@judged.com Thu, 17 May 2012 12:20:31 -0500 Law Blogs http://www.judged.com/jdblogsrssfeed.php 60 http://www.judged.com/images/xml_rss_feed.gif http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php Harvey Updyke, Jr. is not a name many want to hear these days, especially if they're Auburn, Ala football fans. Following the 2010 Iron Bowl, someone poisoned the Toomer oak trees on the Auburn University campus. Those trees were sacred and had been as much a part of the school as the beautiful dogwoods that grow on the Princeton campus.  The one-point victory that Auburn walked away with the night before the poisoning indent brought a damper on the otherwise celebratory campus atmosphe... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=1 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:39:47 -0500 It's ironic, or maybe not, to learn that Nicolas Cage has become fodder in Charlie Sheen's recent ''My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option'' tour. According to the April 18th abcnews.go.com article, ''Nicolas Cage Arrest Details: Drunk and Violent'', Sheen shared that the actor assisted him with smuggling cocaine onto a plane, and coined Sheen's now infamous term, 'goddess.' Good Goddess.Over the weekend, Cage was arrested in New O... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=2 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:03:54 -0500 The current drive in American politics to bring the federal budget under control has been almost entirely focused on reigning in spending programs ranging from entitlements to defense to earmarks and other forms of pork. There has been little talk about increasing revenue, despite the insistence of economists and former politicians from all across the political spectrum that spending cuts alone will not balance the budget and are likely to slow down or even stop the economic recovery. An article... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=3 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:50:55 -0500 In what would surely have been a traumatic event for the family of Yale graduate student Annie Le is no longer a possibility. Raymond Clark, III pleaded guilty this week in the murder and attempted sexual assault of the woman who was only days away from her wedding. Clark, who was an animal research technician at the time, will be sentenced to 44 years in prison as a result of his plea. Le was twenty-four at the time of her death and was just forty-eight hours away from her wedding day. Her body... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=4 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:13:58 -0500 If ever there was a case to be made for steering clear of so called ''legal marijuana'', this is it. A North Carolina man was arrested this week for wrecking his father's Jaguar not once, but twice, while high on what he refers to as ''legal marijuana''.It all began when 21 year old Richard Blanscet was watching a Dr. Phil program while smoking what's known as ''Wicked X Smoke''. Suddenly, Dr. Phil McGraw began speaking to Blanscet in what ... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=5 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:13:01 -0500 This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated a drug used for lethal injections in Georgia. While the feds are not saying why the drugs were pulled, a former death row inmate had tried to get his execution stayed earlier this year. His efforts were unsuccessful and he's since been executed. The drug, sodium thiopental, is part of a cocktail that's used in executions not only in Georgia, but around the country. It's been in short supply for many years ever since the only ... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=6 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:58:19 -0500 A group of men associated with the drug cartel believed to be responsible for killing Federal ICE Agent Jaime Zapata have been arrested and at least one of them is talking.  Julian Zapata Espinoza, known in his drug cartel as “Tweety Bird” was captured on Wednesday and it didn't take long for him to start singing the details about the murder of one American Immigration and Customs agent and the injuries to another.  Jaime Zapata was murdered while his partner, Victor Av... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=7 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:55:44 -0600 The mixed messages out of the DC area apparently aren't enough to keep the new Congress from attempting to shape the gun laws...again. Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican and Mike Ross, an Arkansas Democrat, have teamed together to again present the ''Second Amendment Enforcement Act''. Many say it's a mirror image of what was introduced last year. The goal is to ease the burden for DC residents who wish to own firearms. Due to countless obstacles, the bill never passed. ... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=8 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:27:52 -0600 It was bound to happen; one of Dr. Phil's controversial guests was going to pay a high price at some point. Turns out, Jessica Beagley is that guest. The 36 year old mother was seen forcing hot sauce in her seven year old son's mouth and then forcing him into a cold shower for misbehaving in school. Her son was adopted from a Russian orphanage and his new mother said he was deeply troubled and she felt as though these harsh punishments were the only way to get his attention. She called t... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=9 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:26:18 -0600 The statistics are startling.Every 9 seconds, a woman in the United States is batteredDomestic violence is the single major cause of injury to women - more than muggings and car accidents combinedDomestic violence is the cause of 30% of permanent physical disabilities in womenA full 50% of murdered women in the U.S. are due to a spouse or boyfriend's violence60% of American marriages are tainted by domestic violenceMeagan's Law put into place a national sex offenders registry. Since then... http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php http://www.judged.com/jdcolumns.php?page=10 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:21:58 -0600