Margret Sloan

We had a trial that made the national news here last summer. The defense attorneys are friends of mine, and we had high hopes that they would win the case.

Unfortunately, their client was found guilty despite their best efforts. I know how devestated they were when it was over, and of course they went right into the appeals process.

What bothers me about the justice system in today’s world is that there is no longer a speedy trial. Once someone has been arrested, they can be held in jail for 6 - 9 months before their case goes to trial, sometimes even longer.

If they are found not guilty, how can we, the public, ever repay these people for all that time and money spent on trying to defend themselves and the loss of their freedom, their earning power, their parenting responsibilities, etc. ?

Think about the havoc it would cause on your family relationships, your finances, and your standing in the community to be in that situation when you are wrongly accused. It is very disheartening to me.

No matter who wins the Democratic nomination it is going to be a first in history either a woman or a black man and that makes me very, very happy. because in my opinion no matter who wins the Democratic nomination they will win the election because of all the crisis currently in America. I am surprised not to hear more about this first, in American history on the news but then I remember who owns the news and why I stopped watching it.

The news I get is the real stuff from friends, neighbors, and relatives living everywhere in the country, all fed up with high gas prices not being able to find a jobs and everything inbetween. It is time for change, and with the next election America will finally have what it should have had 8 years ago, a Democrat as President.

This to me is a no brainer, if someone is sick and something can ease the pain of that sickness, then it should be the responsibility of our Government and Medical community to seek out this medicine and help supply it to the people who are sick and need it the most. I hope that the next President of the United States of America stops the locking up of sick people and focuses on the real criminals in America. To think that someone who smoked a joint has to sit in jail next to a murderer is just wrong. Of course I want to hear what every one else thinks about this issue so please leave your comments or suggestions

Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton won the Democratic caucus in the State of Nevada. If she wins South Carolina then she is sure to take the Nomination and we will probably see one, or two other hopefuls drop out of the race. I imagine that Barrack Obama will continue on, regardless of winning South Carolina or not. Should be interesting to see just which candidate wins in the coming election for sure and of course I am hoping that Hillary Clinton will win for her views and so she can become the first woman President in the history of the United States of America.

Seems Democratic Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson has dropped out of the race to become the next President of the United States of America. I think that is great for the remaining Democratic Presidential hopefuls because now it clears the way for my intense debates about issues concerning Americans between the remaining candidates. I hope the remaining candidates focus on the current economic crisis in America from jobs to housing and the bad spending of American tax payer dollars. I did like some of Richardson ideas about a lot of issues and I hope that he will lend his expertise to the next administration.