I could tell you about the humorous and poignant things that happened while I was sitting as judge yesterday, but if you watched Judging Amy last night, you got your fill.
J-dogg mentioned a kid being removed from life support -- the kid was at a party Saturday night, borrowed a teen girl's new car, and drove down a short street, reaching 75 - 80 miles an hour, missed the T-intersection, went straight, nearly hit a woman who was grilling chicken and who leapt to safety, went through the lady's garage, causing it to collapse, went through a fence, then came to rest when he crashed into a second garage attached to a house on the next street. The police couldn't figure out who the kid was -- they went to the house where the party was going full force. Nobody would talk, even after being told that nobody would be arrested for just knowing who the kid was and so the kid's parents could be notified. Finally, after an hour, a girl volunteered who the kid was -- "was" being the operative word, since he was being kept alive by a respirator.
Posted by Bill at September 24, 2003 11:37 AMugh. so sad.
Posted by: jenB at September 24, 2003 11:59 AMOMG! What horrors.... can I force the children to remain small?
-d
Posted by: d at September 24, 2003 01:37 PMNope - did not watch that Judge Judy. Our shows are sadly about 2 years old and the one I watched last night was where a son was incarcerated and was fighting for custody of his children so his parents kidnapped them on the advice of their lawyer! Can u believe that lawyer Bill! Judge J told them to report their lawyer to the Bar Association.
Posted by: Michelle at September 24, 2003 02:04 PM