DOOLEY Observed: I say, "Not Guilty"

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

I say, "Not Guilty"

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A juror helping decide a central Ohio court case had a unique excuse for not showing up for deliberations -- he was in jail.

Twenty-year-old Ke'Chaun Lewis had been arrested early Sunday for allegedly robbing a man. He was still locked up on Monday morning when his fellow jurors gathered to resume deliberations that began Friday in a Columbus murder case.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that Lewis -- who told attorneys he was a college student -- got out of jail and showed up Tuesday morning for a private meeting with Judge Tim Horton, who says he gave the young man a lecture on responsibility. Horton acknowledged, though, that Lewis "has bigger issues to deal with."

A working phone number for Lewis couldn't be located.