tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post252480509815397132..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Linwood Fights the Lawkcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-56030402506796822932010-08-09T05:45:25.928-04:002010-08-09T05:45:25.928-04:00Wonderland seems an adequate word to use when desc...Wonderland seems an adequate word to use when describing this.cheshire solicitorshttp://www.oneill-morgan.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34444479484502558722010-08-05T10:13:18.388-04:002010-08-05T10:13:18.388-04:00KC, you should take a look at an interesting recen...KC, you should take a look at an interesting recent Rolling Stones' profile of "Big Boi" of OutKast fame. He's certainly one of the most prominent crossover artists in the hip-hop community over the last decade, and, you know, black. Anyway, when he goes bowling with his kids, they call themselves "The Water Buffaloes".<br /><br />It's the little things that make the difference.Deklan Singhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-70793514071439167542010-08-04T08:51:54.860-04:002010-08-04T08:51:54.860-04:00The N&O announces that Ruth Sheehan will be le...The N&O announces that Ruth Sheehan will be leaving the newspaper to go to law school. Sheehan promoted the hysteria against the lacrosse team in March and April, 2006 but later apologized.scepticalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-17090892471800069612010-08-03T14:04:17.518-04:002010-08-03T14:04:17.518-04:00Wonderland indeed. There is no other word to desc...Wonderland indeed. There is no other word to describe a place where these incidents and people actually exist in our society today. Frightening, really.hetherflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058889729931375735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-89597719996526010212010-08-03T10:36:59.025-04:002010-08-03T10:36:59.025-04:00To Jim in San Diego, who said:
"I have never...To Jim in San Diego, who said:<br /><br />"I have never seen nor heard of a case, during more than 20 years practicing law, where it took more than a year and a half to hear one preliminary motion."<br /><br />I feel your pain. But, as a lawyer you can probably appreciate the real truth behind this: <br /><br />That while there are always delays inherent in any lawsuit; and <br /><br />while there may be some foot-dragging superimposed on that, by judicial awareness that this lawsuit threatens the whole tax structure of the County and/or State which indeed pays their salaries; <br /><br />not to mention the other implications of (possible) political upheaval at stake,<br /><br />I would also be cynical enough to suggest that this is hardly the biggest priority on the agenda of the plaintiffs' lawfirm. <br /><br />This is not to slight nor slander them -- I am talking about business reality. The whole lawsuit is some combination of pro bono-style statement of principle, and, well...publicity stunt.<br /><br />And I am glad that they are pursuing the lawsuit, if only because it has the potential to expose the hideous facts of what the defendants did. But I suspect there is no gigantic pot of gold at the end of this rainbow, which is one reason why the suit is perhaps not being pushed as aggressively as possible.<br /><br />But I hope I am wrong, and that the defendants will ultimately have to pay up, big-time -- even though I am a Durham taxpayer. (I actually don't mind paying some "Nifong Tax" if it is explicitly labeled as such!) <br /><br />But I think that what's at stake is more a matter of excruciating embarrassment to politicians and academics, than hard cash. Let's not forget, this lawsuit is brought by the players who were NOT prosecuted, which takes a lot of the outrage factor out of the verdict.<br /><br />Still, politicians (and Duke admins) presumably would push for a certain amount of money to be paid, to prevent revelations of what complete jackasses, hypocrites, idiots and liars they are. This (rather than real "damages" to themselves) is the plaintiffs' strongest playing card here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81843702023624339862010-08-02T10:06:30.840-04:002010-08-02T10:06:30.840-04:00Barbara Wilson says after the Duke Lacrosse case, ...Barbara Wilson says after the Duke Lacrosse case, Wilson's behavior, "changed for the worse."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-48407321072600068812010-08-01T12:39:30.816-04:002010-08-01T12:39:30.816-04:00Is the civil suit the reincarnation of Jarndyce an...<i>Is the civil suit the reincarnation of Jarndyce and Jarndyce from Bleak House?</i><br /><br />Is it possible today for an ordinary citizen to sue members of the nomenklatura (Steel, Duke, etc.) and ever have their cause heard before a jury?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2030786909418147972010-08-01T02:17:35.243-04:002010-08-01T02:17:35.243-04:00Is the civil suit the reincarnation of Jarndyce an...Is the civil suit the reincarnation of Jarndyce and Jarndyce from Bleak House? That's a question for any Dickensian Hinduists out there. You know who you are. The plaintiffs will be 35 years old before a deposition is taken. <br /><br />As for Linwood Wilson, how could any woman resist his charms, good looks and deep, sultry voice, is what he probably tells himself. MOO! GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-49373079740776527072010-07-29T23:49:02.526-04:002010-07-29T23:49:02.526-04:00RL alum 75:
I have never seen nor heard of a case...RL alum 75:<br /><br />I have never seen nor heard of a case, during more than 20 years practicing law, where it took more than a year and a half to hear one preliminary motion.<br /><br />Something is seriously wrong with the process of justice in this case. If the judge handling the civil case is too busy, then he should seek and be given assistance.<br /><br />Admittedly, the case is more complex than the average case, in terms of the issues and number of parties. However, our courts hear complex cases all the time, and have means to deal with those complexities, in some human time scale.<br /><br />Here, as everywhere, justice delayed is justice denied, and this new chapter has become nearly as ridiculous as the pre-Nifong disbarment chapter.<br /><br />Jim PetersonJim in San Diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032079086884503680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-41501909869404975272010-07-28T10:59:11.514-04:002010-07-28T10:59:11.514-04:00To 12:54 AM:
The credibility of the Group of 88 i...To 12:54 AM:<br /><br />The credibility of the Group of 88 is rivaled by Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78013678616217814862010-07-28T10:02:21.067-04:002010-07-28T10:02:21.067-04:00Another gem from the N&O (date uncertain, no l...Another gem from the N&O (date uncertain, no longer online; probably from around 2007) :<br /><br />http://www.newsobserver.com/215/story/535608.html <i><br /><br />Missing papers <br /><br />Wilson's 2-inch-thick file, housed at the State Archives, appears to be missing key documents. Any action the state board took after the second investigation is not included. Six months later Wilson's license was renewed. </i><br /><br />Perhaps someone should investigate how Wilson appears to receive favorable treatment from the system; and why Nifong would hire him in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78045682916946904022010-07-28T09:26:03.378-04:002010-07-28T09:26:03.378-04:00Let's not forget that Wilson lost his license ...Let's not forget that Wilson lost his license over complaints from clients:<br /><br />News and Observer, Feb. 8, 2007<br /><br /><i>The 1997 censure sprung from a complaint filed by Sarah Beddingfield, a Durham woman whose divorce attorney recommended she hire Wilson to follow her husband. . . She says she fired Wilson a little more than a month later because he didn't appear to be making any progress. <br /><br />(snip)<br /><br /> When she refused to pay [additional charges], Wilson billed for more charges and took her to small claims court. At the hearing, she says, Wilson produced documentation that he had surveilled her husband at a boarding house that no longer existed when the investigator said he was there.<br /><br />Still, a Durham magistrate found in Wilson's favor. <br /><br />(snip)<br /><br />"I am the person whose case caused him to quit," Beddingfield said in an interview last month. "He is rotten to the core."</i><br /><br />Perhaps it is no surprise that a Durham magistrate found in Wilson's favor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67627237545786236792010-07-28T07:07:33.943-04:002010-07-28T07:07:33.943-04:00I hope somebody remembers to protect his wife and ...I hope somebody remembers to protect his wife and her family. Nothing scarier than a self-inflated nut job with access to weapons. Maybe Rev Jesse will pay for Linwood to finish school when Mr. Wilson gets out of the pokey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-24787381850732913072010-07-28T06:41:39.179-04:002010-07-28T06:41:39.179-04:00Just as in the LAX case, it is always best to hear...Just as in the LAX case, it is always best to hear both sides prior to making any judgment. You know, that thing called "innocent until proven guilty" and all that.... <br /><br />Remember how the anger and disdain of the group of 88 flowed towards the three players? They had yet, and never were willing to hear both sides. Let's not mimic their ignorance. Even people we don't like or think are scum deserve to have their side presented. Then when both sides are heard, let the hammer fall.Kilgorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54858455852598769362010-07-27T18:47:33.612-04:002010-07-27T18:47:33.612-04:00Is Linwood a Communist?Is Linwood a Communist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-8868197136959537552010-07-27T10:31:38.758-04:002010-07-27T10:31:38.758-04:00Mr. Wilson continues to not disappoint those watch...Mr. Wilson continues to not disappoint those watching for bizarre happenings in Durham! Let's hope something is definitively done about this before someone gets hurt, (or worse). My "Spidey-sense" is off the Richter Scale when reading these things.skwillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216150339054413310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-35549810103262625732010-07-27T08:11:54.803-04:002010-07-27T08:11:54.803-04:00I still follow this case on a daily basis. We all...I still follow this case on a daily basis. We all knew the civil cases would take awhile but this is amazing. The referenced court filing by LW in response to the civil suit was made OVER two and a half years ago! I just reread the link provided by KC and it's dated January 2008. By my admittiedly legally unsophisticated observation- we still seem to be in the initial phase of the proceedings- not even into 'discovery' yet. When and if it ever gets to that stage, how long does that take as a proportional part of the case?????<br />And heaven forbid a trial date ever gets set, and then that would take how much longer?<br /><br />I'm thinking I could probably enter and finish law school by that time. That way I won't have to come here to try to get a handle on this situation.<br /><br />Ah, justice.<br /><br />RL alum '75Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-9403956809244099182010-07-27T00:54:54.172-04:002010-07-27T00:54:54.172-04:00http://bigjournalism.com/klarrey/2010/07/26/the-du...http://bigjournalism.com/klarrey/2010/07/26/the-duke-lacrosse-hoax-the-new-black-panthers-story-and-newsweeks-boy-reporter-david-a-graham/<br /><br />david graham is backAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-74234702262444409942010-07-27T00:09:18.069-04:002010-07-27T00:09:18.069-04:00"...that letter was sent after a Durham judge...<i>"...that letter was sent after a Durham judge and Wilson crony lowered Wilson’s bail, based on an ex parte phone call from the former Nifong henchman.)"</i><br /><br />Isn't that kind of conduct--which casts a shadow on the work of judges--a matter which the NC Judicial Standards board should look into?<br /><br />(Especially after allegations that Wilson "owned" the judges in Durham, and that they would do anything he said)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-26369652283071533782010-07-26T23:37:35.163-04:002010-07-26T23:37:35.163-04:00I do hope Mr. Wilson is not a Communist, as that m...I do hope Mr. Wilson is not a Communist, as that might adversely affect his Gospel music career.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-68722945789521789812010-07-26T23:06:16.861-04:002010-07-26T23:06:16.861-04:00A little music ...
Linwood fought the law, and th...A little music ...<br /><br />Linwood fought the law, and the law won.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBeT4ptY9sYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-87346670772178688082010-07-26T22:47:14.376-04:002010-07-26T22:47:14.376-04:00That Linwood is a few cards shy of a full deck sho...That Linwood is a few cards shy of a full deck should be obvious to anyone following this case. That Nifong relied upon him as his point man raises once again serious questions about Nifong - of course, that is stating the obvious.<br />cksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com