Jon posted earlier about the apparent suicide of Jeane Palfrey, convicted of running a prostitution ring that served such clients as Sen. David Vitter (R-La.). He ended with the invitation, “Let the conspiracy theories begin…”
In fact, digging a little deeper might be a good idea. This is curious.
Brandy Britton committed suicide in January before she […]

I say it every year, but I am soooo glad that Florida’s legislature only convenes for two months. Lord only knows what kind of mischief they could perpetrate if they were in Tallahassee any longer than that.
Already this year both the state house and senate passed separate “anti-evolution” bills that require teachers to apply […]

Why isn’t this tax evader in jail?
I’m no great legal scholar but come on. Prosecutors in the Wesley Snipes tax evasion case are overstepping their bounds to make an example out of the actor.
Snipes was convicted in February on three misdemeanor counts. U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges handed down the maximum sentence and […]

It is always with a sense of trepidation, if not outright dread, that I open an e-mail from Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman. One cringes just imagining what stupid stuff the FDP has come up with this time. Today’s electro-missive from Tallahassee was a doozy.
Seems the party is going after Republican Rep. Tom Feeney […]

Sheriff Grady Judd’s motto must be “Don’t Save Anything for the Trial.” Yesterday, he released to the media the tape of the 911 call placed by Victoria Lindsay and her friend’s mother after Lindsay was beaten up by six girls who claim she posted insulting content about them on her MySpace page.
The girls had […]

When I first heard the news reports about six high-school cheerleaders in Polk County, Florida, whupping up on a girl who posted insults about them on MySpace, it didn’t really surprise me. When I learned that they had videotaped the whole beating to post on MySpace, that didn’t surprise me, either. And when I learned […]

In a world of justice, none of the loyal Bushies would find employment after they leave office:
Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable to interest law […]

We all, myself included, gave ourselves a pass a few years into the Bush administration by claiming “outrage fatigue.” Well, fatigue or no, it’s time to get outraged again.
Continuing revelations about Bush cabinet members — the highest level of unelected power-holders in this country — and Vice Pres. Dick Cheney ordering precise torture techniques on […]

Eight state governments currently are contemplating legislation that would shorten jail terms for some offenders as a way to save money during the down economy. No, really:
A Rhode Island proposal would allow inmates to deduct up to 12 days from their sentence for every month they follow rules and work in prison. Even some violent […]