[SpinnerWebb]

That comment made me double-take. Did anyone else hear this? And take it the way that I did - that the courts are now in the business of controlling people and their personal lives?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

...the courts are now in the business of controlling people and their personal lives?

That's the general idea of a prison.

[Judge Roy]

I guess so they can pull her feeding tube

[HEY4QDEMS]

And take it the way that I did - that the courts are now in the business of controlling people and their personal lives?

They've been in that business for quite a while now.

[sarasota]

This is in connection with deciding whether or not to press charges. Trying to do the "right thing" to "help" her as far as the courts are able.

[anonymous_user]

I guess they could mildly hint that she get psychiatric help?

[r9etb]

And take it the way that I did - that the courts are now in the business of controlling people and their personal lives?

No -- you're reading way too much into the comment. He was saying that the authorities can't make her get psychiatric help unless she is a ward of the courts. That's been the legal standard for a couple of hundred years or so.

[mistress_of_tantra]

Oh no that is not good at all. Matter of fact it is down right frightening! I can't believe they said that.

[areafiftyone]

That girl looks like she is on drugs! I'm sorry but her eyes are tooo wierd!

[Grendel9]

The part of this story that bugged me was the community's
over-the-edge reacton to this couple's wedding! Eight
wedding showers? Gift costs had to be up the wazoo!
Sounds like the total cost of wedding arrangements was
a helluva lot more than the mere $100,000 the investigation cost!

And I ask, why? This couple had been living together
for FIVE YEARS! Why was everyone so excited at this point
in the relationship? Sheer relief? I can't figure out
why some of the citizenry would now feel they had been
deceived. Seems to me they were very willing deceptees!

[lawdude]

The news is reporting that she may be billed for the costs to search for her.

I wonder if they are going to bill the two young boys who got lost in the Atlantic Ocean?

[Lazamataz]

That comment made me double-take. Did anyone else hear this? And take it the way that I did - that the courts are now in the business of controlling people and their personal lives?

The Judicial Branch is now the only branch that matters in America.

All power now emanates from the courts.

[add925]

She's a naughty, naughty girl.....naughty girls need to be spanked.....line forming guys.....already stretches from Duluth to Norcross.

[SunnySide]

"and I heard is response as "You cannot help someone until you get them under the control of the courts."


Uh oh "under control by court" sounds like little miss cookoo needs legal guardianship for her own safety.

[Liberty Valance]

If NM is not going to charge her for making that fictitious 911 call in Albuquerque I doubt she will be charged in Georgia. JMO. Cold feet is not a crime....yet.

[spectre]

Her fiance's father, is a Judge. He most probably thought the path of the least resistance to criminal charges, not to mention humiliation, would be to put her under psych evaluation.

IOW's, declare her incompetent or crazy at least for the time being.

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[Taliesan]

This whole farce was God reaching out to her fiance, warning him to turn and walk briskly in the opposite direction.

[Dante3]

Yes, the courts can do anything, including sentence an innocent person to a horrible death without due process.

Rogue Judge Greer retained the estranged husband Michael Schiavo as Terri's guardian even though he had vested interests (was even suspected of trying to killer her) and a live-in mistress. At the same time he excused Michael and his mistress Jodi from having to give depositions.

In Washington state a judge ordered a parent from listening in on the phone coversations of a minor w ho was potentially in danger from a predator.

[beezdotcom]

Probably just a misstatment, if that. I heard the ABC GMA version of the interview this morning, and in THAT interview, the discussion went from Diane's question about "do you think she really should do jail time", and his reply was something like "people need to understand that the charge is different from the disposition. If convicted, it's certainly reasonable for the courts to impose counseling/treatment in lieu of jail"

Not to endorse the "nanny state", but I think the context was to imply that "just because she might be charged doesn't mean the goal is to throw her in the slammer".

[Redcloak]

OK... Put down the Reynold's Wrap and step away from the keyboard...

The DA was merely stating the obvious. You cannot force an unwilling patient into psychiatric care without a court order.

[Paved Paradise]

This is not exactly how the exchange went. The DA was talking about what potential legal options he might have and then Katie piped up with something like "but doesn't she really need help" and the DA basically said that in order to get her help, she would have to be under the control of the courts and he also used that line to explain how they would get her to pay restitution. What he meant is that no one can FORCE the lady to get help even if she needs it, but if she is under control of the courts, the court can force her. That's what was meant.