Erie County Judge Judge William Cunningham shocked both the District Attorney and and the defense attorney when he sentenced Teri Rhodes to 9 to 18 years, almost the maximum, for voluntary manslaughter in the suffocation death of her newborn daughter. Both of them were expecting a much lighter sentence for the Mercyhurst College student who hid [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Judge Cunningham Gets It Right
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged erie crime, teri rhodes on November 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Charlotte
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged travels on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I spent election night en route to Charlotte on a business trip. This was good, since I didn’t have to hear the Democrats in the office gloating the next morning. (The biggest Democrat in the office is a Browns fan; it is good that at least one day this fall he got to cheer for the [...]
If You Want Peace, Vote for the Soldier
Posted in Politics, tagged military, Politics on November 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Democrats would like us to believe that John McCain is more likely to get us into war than Barack Obama. Some of this opinion is based on his military record; the idea is that a person who has been a soldier is more likely to get us into war. That got me thinking – when [...]