Tim Russert Dies Suddenly

We profoundly regret the loss of Tim Russert. Russert was a not only a great family man, but journalistically, The Man when it came to using his considerable intellect fairly to educate viewers

Russet was an attorney. He never would have half-reported. His reporting would have included identifying the judges involved. Seems like most journalists could learn a thing or a hundred, from him.

Judge Alex Kozinski

www.FamilyLawCourts.com - Just spoke with Cyrus Sanai, the LA attorney who accidentally made Judge Kozinski call for his own investigation.

Isn't it ironic? While the Kozinski stuff began with dirty pictures, it turns out the big stuff always winds up being ultimately, as a result of family court.

For background on other big cases involving "sealed" records, see
www.FamilyLawCourts.com/burton.html

And remember, it was Jack Welch's former wife who got the ball rolling with his retirement account when they divorced after the Pre-nup expired. (Being a lawyer herself, she was smart enough to factor in an End date to their prenup.)

Separate from not identifying the judge; is the completely misleading headline.

Former Tulsa nursing home official sentenced for exploitation

By The Associated Press
June 4, 2008

TULSA -- A former Tulsa nursing home administrator who pleaded no contest to financially exploiting patients is avoiding prison.

Mark Ferris was sentenced Tuesday after entering the plea to two counts of financial exploitation by a caregiver.

Ferris was originally charged with nine counts of taking nearly $5,400 from the trust funds of two patients but seven counts were dismissed for insufficient evidence.

The case against Ferris will be dismissed without a conviction if he completes the terms of a two-year probation.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.

Why is Gordon Dillow Protecting the Bench?

In his article below, Orange County columnist Gordon Dillow protects not one, but TWO judges who refused to send what seems like a career criminal to jail. Isn't the job of Fourth Estate supposed Uncover this sort of thing? Somehow, in light of two deaths, Dillow's airy "jail overcrowding" doesn't quite ring true.

Dillow omits which judges sentenced Ruiz to how many years for his crimes and continuing with a complete lack of research, this paragraph;


Instead, a court commissioner GORDON: Which Court Commissioner?!? fined Ruiz $390 plus costs, put him on three years informal probation and ordered him to undergo alcohol counseling. Even after Ruiz violated his probation by skipping out on a counseling session, another judge simply renewed it.