Believe it or not, Andy Dick had a warrant out for his arrest, due to the fact that he was wearing an alcohol monitoring bracelet and it tested positive for alcohol.  Thanks to TMZ, Dick got off after it was proven that environmental circumstances caused the incorrect reading. Andy has pleaded his ...

I know phrases like "four-year probation" and "vacated wins" sounds really bad for Florida State, but the truth is that their punishment is a weak response that doesn't fit the crime. Let's look at what penalties they got from the NCAA: • Public reprimand and censure. Oh no! Your words sting m...

There's an email making the rounds on county commissioners listservs that includes this striking tidbit from the Texas Association of Urban Counties' Donald Lee: Today, Chairman John Whitmire called me to inform me that consolidation of TYC and TJPC will not happen this session. He is working hard t...

According to today's Sun, the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, could one day be released from Broadmoor and sent to a medium security facility. The paper says doctors at Broadmoore have apparently decided he is no longer a danger to others — provided he keeps taking his medication. Sutcliffe, no...

As an indication of how badly things are going at the Bexar County probation department, check out the list of problems Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current had to overlook to identify the agency's biggest problem ("Breasts, toes, and probation," Jan. 28): How bad is it at Bexar County’s Communi...

A colleague recently had a new client come to see them. The man's father had passed away, and the son had found the Will...the Will that his father had purchased online and signed, thinking his wishes would then be honored. Sadly, they won't be. The form Will that the father had filled out h...

AP reports that states are beginning to look at sacred budget cows because of the fiscal crisis and may actually reduce inmate populations to stave off rising costs. ("States look to prisons to save money, including letting some inmates go," Jan. 10): "Prior to this fiscal crisis, legislators could ...

Prison officers slept on a makeshift bed, watched TV, drank tea and smoked while ignoring a suicidal inmate who killed himself in a Northern Ireland jail, according to a damning report which called for the governor and his deputy to be subject to a disciplinary inquiry. Colin Bell, 34, serving a lif...

A report published today by the National Association of Probation Officers shows storm clouds gathering around Jack Straw's fluorescent vests. Perhaps they are waterproof. But that won't help. In short, Straw and Jacqui Smith conceived this plan to make convicted criminals wear tabards saying "Commu...

Director : Lou Place Release Date : March 1958 (USA) Genre : Crime, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance Cast : Dick Contino as Daddy-O a.k.a. Phil Sandifer a.k.a. Pete Plum, Sandra Giles as Jana Ryan, Bruno VeSota as Sidney Chillas, Gloria Victor as Marcia Hayes, Jack McClure as Bruce Green, Ron McNeil a...