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BB, Thanks for posting the link. The HPA links page is an excellent resource. It is a great place to direct newcomers especially those who suffer toxic effects of Kool Aid.

Terri document links

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Judge not, redux...

Carrie Hutchens writing in the Dakota Voice zooms in on the stunning behavior of judges and especially the one who judged Terri. The story beyond this excerpt is compelling.

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The rules may change everywhere depending upon the players involved, but it appears that some in Florida either don't mind being obvious about any of it or think we're all too senile to remember and comprehend what has been taking place down there. In either case, they ended up with an audience they most likely weren't counting on.

Florida is the state where the Judicial Qualifications Commission has filed charges against Judge Cliff Barnes for supposedly breaking judicial rules. According to the TCPalm, "Barnes is accused of demeaning the "integrity and independence" of the judiciary by publicly airing his complaints, including writing a guest column for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers called: "Criminal justice partners must get on same page." That column allegedly "provides misleading information to the public concerning the judicial system," according to the notice of formal charges filed against him. "This cumulative misconduct constitutes a pattern and practice unbecoming a judicial officer and lacking the dignity appropriate to judicial office, with the effect of bringing the judiciary into disrepute," the complaint states."

I find this more than a little amusing!

The JQC thinks it is a horrendous wrong for Judge Barnes to have shared his thoughts through the press? Where was this horror back in 2003 when it appears a sitting judge was talking to the press about a pending case? That's right, seems as though they weren't worried about Judge George Greer allegedly making statements to the press about the Terri Schiavo case while motions were still before him. Nor were they concerned about Greer making negative comments about the governor. Apparently that doesn't count. It's dignified to put down the governor, I guess. Just can't put down the actions of another judge or procedure. To do the latter is treading on sacred ground, it would seem.

The Game: Trial by Chance - Chapter Three

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Judge not, redux...

Carrie Hutchens writing in the Dakota Voice zooms in on the stunning behavior of judges and especially the one who judged Terri. The story beyond this excerpt is compelling.

.....................

The rules may change everywhere depending upon the players involved, but it appears that some in Florida either don't mind being obvious about any of it or think we're all too senile to remember and comprehend what has been taking place down there. In either case, they ended up with an audience they most likely weren't counting on.

Florida is the state where the Judicial Qualifications Commission has filed charges against Judge Cliff Barnes for supposedly breaking judicial rules. According to the TCPalm, "Barnes is accused of demeaning the "integrity and independence" of the judiciary by publicly airing his complaints, including writing a guest column for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers called: "Criminal justice partners must get on same page." That column allegedly "provides misleading information to the public concerning the judicial system," according to the notice of formal charges filed against him. "This cumulative misconduct constitutes a pattern and practice unbecoming a judicial officer and lacking the dignity appropriate to judicial office, with the effect of bringing the judiciary into disrepute," the complaint states."

I find this more than a little amusing!

The JQC thinks it is a horrendous wrong for Judge Barnes to have shared his thoughts through the press? Where was this horror back in 2003 when it appears a sitting judge was talking to the press about a pending case? That's right, seems as though they weren't worried about Judge George Greer allegedly making statements to the press about the Terri Schiavo case while motions were still before him. Nor were they concerned about Greer making negative comments about the governor. Apparently that doesn't count. It's dignified to put down the governor, I guess. Just can't put down the actions of another judge or procedure. To do the latter is treading on sacred ground, it would seem.

The Game: Trial by Chance - Chapter Three

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