SAN FRANCISCO (CN) -- A big group of new faces sat around the table at Monday's Judicial Council meeting as 10 new members took their places on the 28-member council that decides statewide court rules and sets the courts' legislative agenda. The meeting was also the first for Martin Hoshino, who was named to replace retiring Judge Steve Jahr as the Judicial Council's staff direct last month. … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2014
Dozens To Demand a Public Hearing on California’s Broken Court System at Today’s Judicial Council Meeting
For Immediate Release: October 27, 2014 For Info, Contact: Kathleen Russell Dozens To Demand a Public Hearing on California’s Broken Court System at Today’s Judicial Council Meeting Organizers say California Courts are Routinely Enabling Abusive Parents to Kill & Harm Children SAN FRANCISCO- The grandmother of rape and murder victim Alycia Mesiti Allen and a whistleblowing former … [Read more...]
When parents kill: FBI data reveal disturbing patterns
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Kristi Hooper called her husband's cellphone on a mild January morning eager to hear her 3-year-old twins squeal with laughter as they gave her a rundown of their morning with their dad. It was the Saturday morning routine that she and the girls, Caroline and Madison, and her estranged husband established after the couple separated four months earlier. This time, he … [Read more...]
CJE’s Official Statement for Oct 27 – 28 Judicial Council Meetings
The Center for Judicial Excellence welcomes all interested parties to join us in San Francisco this Monday and Tuesday at 455 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco. Click here to read CJE’s Oct 27 – 28 Judicial Council Statement and click here to see Exhibit A that goes with it. Please click here for full details about the upcoming Judicial Council meetings in San Francisco. … [Read more...]
Vermont AG Sorrell sues Emerge Family Advocates
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT — Vermont’s Attorney General Bill Sorrell last week filed a lawsuit to revoke funding of Emerge Family Advocates, Inc., a nonprofit supervised visitation center. The petition for an injunction also seeks to remove the board of directors. The center is operated by a state legislator, family court judges and some of the professionals who appear before them. This is … [Read more...]