Funeral Day for Barbara Johnson’s Daddy, “It was going to be me or him…”

Carter County, MO - This here’s a story about love, betrayal, and bloodshed. The setting is Carter County, Missouri nestled in the Ozark foothills in the Southeastern part of the state. Census reports state a little over half of the residents there have at least graduated from High School. I’ve been through that area, it’s beautiful – “God’s” country.  And the one thing that’s generally coupled with unspoiled land is unrefined inhabitants. By “unrefined” I mean hillbillies. The movie DeliveranceDeliverance reviews could very well have been filmed in Carter County had Georgia been struck with some sort of plague. [Read more...]

David Ranck Pitched A Fit

Miami, Florida–David Ranck has been a Miami-Dade County prosecutor for nearly 30 blissful turbulent years. Back in 2005, he was disciplined for cussing out a defense lawyer during a murder case…a mistrial was declared and the accused killer was freed by an appeals court earlier this year. Last August, he filed a lawsuit against his ‘higher-ups’ claiming he was unfairly suspended without pay for 30 days after he posted an internal memo on a legal blog. And what, pray tell, landed him here? Well, he’s here because he’s accused of slugging a pizza delivery woman. [Read more...]