‘THE FIRST 48’ Videographer Tom Bailey, working for the A&E true-crime series “The First 48,” records the court proceedings last month involving defendant Frederick Davis, one of several Louisville cases the TV show has followed. Cameras complicate judicial matters, even after filming ends By Jason Riley jriley@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal When A&E’s true-crime show “The First …
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Published by USAToday, The Courier Journal, DelewareOnline, WZZM13 ABC, Florida Today, Citizen Times, CorrectionStone.com, Desmoinesregister.com, JConline.com AZcentral.com By Andrew Wolfson, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal SEPT 13, 2010 LOUISVILLE — If you burp when taking an alcohol breath test, does it invalidate the test? That’s a question the Kentucky Supreme Court will confront when it hears a …
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September 5, 2010 | By Andrew Wolfson | awolfson@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal It is considered crass in most cultures, and hardly a subject of polite conversation. But now the Kentucky Supreme Court must answer a profound legal question about the burp: Is one enough to invalidate an alcohol breath test? A Jefferson district judge decided that …
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Filing errors also leave some sealed cases open and Confusing laws allow abuse and inequality Byline: Jason Riley and Kay Stewart May 15, 2005 Source: The Courier-Journal Thousands of Kentuckians are erasing their arrests and convictions every year by taking advantage of expungement laws that make it cheap and easy to bury their past mistakes. …
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Injunction is issued after suit questions its constitutionality Mar 6, 2004 Author: Joseph Gerth | jgerth@courier-journal.com | Source: The Courier-Journal >> Nude dancing returned to Louisville yesterday, following a one-night hiatus, when a judge issued an order blocking the metro government from enforcing its strict new adult-entertainment ordinance. The ruling by Jefferson Circuit Judge …
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Lawsuit claims new metro rules on operations illegal Joseph Gerth jgerth@courier-journal.com Source: The Courier-Journal A new Louisville metro government ordinance that limits the hours that strip clubs and adult bookstores can operate is unconstitutional, lawyers for several adult businesses told a Jefferson circuit judge yesterday. But a lawyer for the metro government argued that courts …
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