court-o-rama.org
A blawg about the courts.
Author: Anne Skove is a lawyer-blogger based in Cincinnati who previously founded and edited the National Center for State Courts' weekly Jur-E-Bulletin.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Public Defenders • Criminal Procedure • Judiciary
Recent Posts from court-o-rama.org
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The First to Go
Court reporters, long a cost drain on ever-technologically-advancing courts, will be the first casualties in the court budget battles. For a long time, court reporters have promoted their superior skills, believing they can do the…
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Hawkeye Budget Slides
The cuts keep coming in Iowa. Recall that several prospective cutbacks, including reducing the number of magistrates, furloughs, and other measures narrowly escaped the chopping block. Now it's down to the wire, and not even…
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Wanna Be Startin' Something
Does Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, have a claim to custody of their (?) children? Rowe relinquished her rights to the children after a brief marriage. Now what? A new fact pattern is born every…
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Attic Geek
What's in your attic? A Polk County, Florida, judge was surprised to find the only set of blueprints of the local historic courthouse in his. The discovery allowed the county historical commission to avoid knocking…
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WTF Does This Mean?
Yet another reason to ban texting in the courtroom -- you could get caught taking cash for not testifying. A recent Cincinnati case involved a witness who texted to another: Bra this is Derrick I…
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Cash Found in Courthouse
It's not every day a court finds hundreds of dollars!!! Unfortunately for one Alabama county, it was all Confederate money. The plan is to make it part of a public display, not pay the water…
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Dropping the Percentage Axe in Sarasota
Two percent milk. Fifty percent chance. Less than one percent. We hear about percentages every day (more often if we're in the fifth grade.) A five percent budget reduction sounds like nothing, doesn't it? But…
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Am I Blue
If you're seeing blue in Pittsburgh, prostate cancer awareness is the reason. The Allegheny Courthouse fountain (see link, which includes a photo, below) has been dyed blue to promote prostate cancer awareness and a Father's…
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Ever have that dream where you show up for a class you forgot to attend and have to take a test? What about the dream where you're an alternate juror, but somehow get mixed up…
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Video Video
Potential jurors in Oregon will learn about the task before them from a new orientation video. Justice for All can be viewed on the Internet. According to Judge Janice R. Wilson, Circuit Judge of Multnomah…