[FormerACLUmember]

The rat Florida courts aid and abet in the murder of little girls.

The rat Florida courts have attempted to murder Terry and may try this again.

The rat Florida courts attempted to steal a Presidential election.

[MinuteGal]

Two pictures worth more than a thousand words.

Leni

[AppauledAtAppeasementConservat]

That needs to be on a billboard in Florida!

[weegee]

Girl's death sparks debate over Florida probation system

I found this quote from the defendent's last judge:

Sarasota Circuit Judge Harry Rapkin, the latest judge to have handled Smith's case, said Friday he was not at fault for not putting Smith in jail when the unemployed mechanic failed to pay court costs and fines in December.

There's no "debtor's prison" in Florida, and Smith wouldn't have been held simply for not paying a bill, the judge said.

What "debtor's prison"? If you don't pay your tickets, you are sent to jail for being defiant of the court. Court costs and fines also figure into this.

Is Florida that different from Texas that there are no warrants for people who refuse to pay fines? Maybe this is why such a "large" percentage of Texans have been jailed compared to the rest of the country; the law means something here.

Debtor's prison would be for people who don't pay their rent, credit card/phone/electric bills, etc.

[goldstategop]

The lot of them should be impeached... both for denying Terri Schiavo her God given rights and for coddling a 13 time criminal loser named Joseph P. Smith. What happened to three strikes? Government subverts the rights of the helpless and aids and abets criminals.

[HELLRAISER II]

One word comes to mind Unbelievable!

[Andy from Beaverton]

Florida Courts: Incompetent or Criminally Negligent?
Why can't it be both? Florida Courts: Incompetent and Criminally Negligent?

[Redbob]

My vote would be:

"Criminally Incompetent"

Are they going to release this guy yet again?
Or give him a ride on "Old Sparky"?

[floriduh voter]

Powerful analogy. Florida's Attorney General Crist was on Fox News this a.m. I think the state is going to step in regarding repeat offenders such as Smith.

On the other side of the coin, Governor Bush with Florida's Legislature wrote Terri's Law which the Judges REFUSE TO ABIDE BY. They are breaking the law; J. Greer, J. Baird and J. Demers. Judge Rapkin broke the law too, he's trying to say "he just had a piece of paper in front of him." Not good enough. RAPKIN DROPPED THE BALL and care more about Smith's rights than protecting society. I WISH THAT RAPKIN WOULD BE IMPEACHED OR RESIGN. If his actions were legal but just barely, Rapkin should still not be serving on the bench. He could make MORE DECISIONS IN FAVOR OF CRIMINALS.

[Dante3]

Judge Rapkin should be at the very least impeached. This isn't his first outrageous decisions, as Bill O'Reilly pointed out but at least the third one. There might be more.

The decisions by the judges in the Terri Schiavo case boggle the mind with their blatant disregard of the law. A dictatorship of judges is emerging. They disregard and/or make laws to further their own agenda or in response to bribes/blackmail.

[PISANO]

The entire court save the one should be IMPEACHED!!