[meteorite-list] Banishment -OT was 2 arrested update

From: Mr EMan <mstreman53_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:54:29 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <695185.49347.qm_at_web55208.mail.re4.yahoo.com>

--- On Thu, 4/2/09, MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com> wrote:
some of this story smells a little fishy... snip.. it was reported that Honorable(sic) Judge Jerry M. Daniel told the guys "to get out of dodge.?

Georgia and Alabama are the only US states left where the common law of banishment is still legal statewide. Dating back to King George III, thus predating both the US and Georgia State constitutions it has been upheld under common law by the US Supreme Court although certain limits are pending review.

It is an almost obligatory addition to any sentence in Georgia where the defendants are not local residents and the Judge needs re-election publicity.

In Georgia, a county judge is an officer of the State court system but can't banish you into the rest of the state but, can banish you from the whole state IIRC. Hard to enforce outside the judge's own county, and under one supreme court ruling it can't extend beyond the original sentence of the underlying sentence, it is theoretically possible to land one back in jail if caught again in the state and you are "notorious" in that banishment is not kept in state-wide records. The new arresting officer would have to be smart enough to call the previous judge--and fortunately intelligence is not a requirement for their employment.

I know one county in Georgia where there is the Sheriff, his wife is the Jailer, his son is THE full time Deputy( who in Barney Fife tradition frequently, isn't allowed to carry a loaded gun and who's IQ is just high enough to not be classified as a rock). The sheriff's daughter is the 9-1-1 Director/dispatcher. The judge is a cousin or uncle??? The cousin mayor in the county seat also owns the feed store, cotton gin, gun shop,ambulance service, towing contract and jail food services contract. As you can imagine NO ONE in 20 years as ever been found not guilty. No one married into the family can get a divorce unless the family member wants it. This is not illegal per se for inbred nepotism to such a degree. In a state where it is legal to marry your cousin, this should surprise no outsider. Unfortunately to this day a common offense meriting summary execution is DWB-Driving while black or DWM --while Mexican. I wouldn't be surprised if DWY wasn't a
 common offense--you know Driving while Yankee.

Elton

  
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