Certainly a Judge must control the courtroom. How a Judge may do this, not surprisingly, is determined by the law. One tool is the power to hold someone in contempt. [Hint: It’s a power used, a lot, below.] According to the Supreme Court, if the sentence imposed for contempt is…
One of Kansas Judge Rebecca Pilshaw’s bad days (no, that’s not her above!) came as she was trying to empanel a jury in a murder case. Loyal readers know the Juice hates jury weasels. But nobody hates folks who try to avoid jury duty more than judges. There was…
Englishman Elliot Carnell caught one hell of a break. After drinking 15 pints of beer at a Christmas party, Carnell punched his ex-wife’s Sri Lankan boyfriend in the head – 6 times! Oh, and he hit his ex-wife and her daughter when they tried to stop him. Carnell copped to…
The Juice’s first reaction upon reading about this was OUCH! (That’s a piercing needle pictured above.) This was followed by OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH! That had to hurt – a lot. For a whole bunch of reasons, this dude has to be regretting the piercing. From a report in…
You’re trying to sleep, and there’s a loud party [that they didn’t invite you to!], or your neighbor is playing loud music, or [fill in the blank] is keeping you awake. You’re mad. You rarely get justice. You’ll probably like this one, as reported by NorthCountryNow.com (Potsdam, New York):…
Unless it’s a traffic ticket where you don’t have much to lose, it’s just not a good idea to represent yourself. This point is made over and over by cases like this. As reported by Courthouse News Service: On trial for mail and wire fraud, fallen real estate mogul Luke…
Who would have thought anything of importance would happen because of an online comment? Well, it did! As reported by arstechnica.com (from a Highlands County Sheriff’s Office press release): A Florida woman used the comments section of a Pizza Hut order made from her smartphone on Monday afternoon to alert…
Anyone over the age of, oh, maybe 6, knows that sometimes kids say things that aren’t true for a variety of reasons. A Kansas City mom took her 6-year-old son at his word, and she ran with it. The Juice is here to tell you, that was a HUGE mistake.…
When you think of road rage, you think about aggressive driving, or maybe even someone pulling a weapon, right? But this? You would not think of this. Ever. Per BeeNews.com (New York): Police responded to a road rage incident on Union Road. Reportedly, two motorists were spitting on each other…
No offense to all of The Juice’s white Mercedes-Benz-driving readers out there, but, given the headline, is it any surprise that the perp drove away in a white Mercedes-Benz? Out of the 62nd Precinct (Bensonhurst—Bath Beach) via brooklynpaper.com: A disgruntled customer battered a cashier with a box of Lipton Iced…