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It has been a very rainy July in Georgia. All over the state we have seen news coverage of flooding in places that never flooded before. Countless Georgians have seen enormous flood damage to their homes and businesses, and living outside what was normally considered a flood zone, they probably did not have flood insurance.…

The Atlanta Journal Constitution on Sunday featured a report on the courthouse security problems that helped set the stage for the murders of Judge Rowland Barnes, his court reporter and a deputy sheriff, and the subseqent crime spree of suspect Brian Nichols. “The failures reflect long-standing problems in the department rampant absenteeism, conflicting allegiances, a…

The Fulton County Daily Report published an article on April 19th, reporting that Judge Rowland Barnes’ widow may sue for negligent courthouse security. Judge Barnes, along with his court reporter and a deputy sheriff, were killed on March 11th after Brian Nichols, defendant in a rape trial, overwhelmed a female deputy sheriff and took her…

Jennifer Wilbanks went for a run a few evenings before the big wedding she had planned, and kept running. She took a cab to the bus station and turned up in Albequerque several days later with a false report that she had been abducted. A media feeding frenzy ensued, helping to boost cable news ratings…

In the wake of the Fulton County courthouse murders, everyone is asking how there could be such a breach of security involving a felony defendant who had been caught with homemade knives (shanks) in his shoes earlier in the week? See AJC article. Personally, I have often observed how easy it would be for a…

Rep. John Boozman (R-Ark.), whose district includes the headquarters of both Wal-Mart and J. B. Hunt Transport, is sponsoring an amendment that would extend the allowable workday of truck drivers from 14 to 16 hours – twice the number of hours that most Americans work – without any additional pay. Boozman said, “There are several…