| Late for court: Connecticut case draws scrutiny
Failure to appear should be a last resort," complained Jon L. Schoenhorn, a Hartford lawyer who is the president of the Connecticut's Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. “You can only put so much pressure on parties to move cases along before the pressure is seen as an abuse of discretion." Alfred Blumstein, a criminologist at Carnegie Mellon University, called the Connecticut situation “mind-boggling." “Showing up late for court is certainly inappropriate but to be convicted of it as a felony sounds so extreme," he said. If a defendant is not there when called, he wondered of the courts, “Can't they juggle their schedules a little bit?'" Ms. Khadijah, who twice went to prison in the 1990s on drug and other charges, said she did not set out to take on the criminal justice system.
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Captains Going Down With the Ship
If he came in bombing recklessly on only his second start , I would throw a red flag on management. Lets be a litle realistic. KC is inexperienced and playing against a very good D that defends well against the pass. Whoever thinks KC will come in and gun sling the jets to victory is in fantasy land! .
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