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John Roberts’ Gilded Age SCOTUS
The most important revelation in Jeffrey Toobin's 10,000-word New Yorker piece on Chief Justice John Roberts' takedown of campaign finance laws in the Citizens United case is the extent to which modern conservatism is trying to restore the Gilded Age. That was a time when corporations had more rights than individuals, when a conservative Supreme Court did its best to protect those corporate ...
Judge Jeffrey Colbath signs bond order for John Goodman
A judge has granted bond for convicted polo mogul John Goodman while he awaits an appeal seeking a new trial. Judge Jeffrey Colbath signed the order granting the $7 million bond Wednesday morning after a brief hearing to discuss the terms of Goodman's release. Goodman was convicted of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in March. A jury found him guilty of the drunken driving crash that ...
St. John Fisher tops Marietta to advance
The St. John Fisher baseball team defeated top-ranked Marietta at the NCAA Division III regional championships Thursday.
Goodman judge: No parties, socializing on house arrest
While John Goodman is out on bond appealing his DUI-manslaughter conviction, there will be no convivial afternoons at the polo grounds, no late night parties, no socializing at all.
Goodman judge: No parties, socializing while on house arrest; $7 million bond posted to get out of jail
While John Goodman is out on bond appealing his DUI-manslaughter conviction, there will be no convivial afternoons at the polo grounds, no late night parties, no socializing at all.
Judge Jeffrey Colbath interviews jurors in John Goodman trial
On the day a Wellington polo mogul was supposed to be sentenced for his role in a drunken driving crash that killed a 23-year-old recent college graduate, John Goodman instead sat in the courtroom as the judge questioned jurors about whether his wealth played a role in their guilty verdict. Goodman was convicted of DUI manslaughter in March. The founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach ...
John Goodman getting out of jail on electronic leash
While John Goodman is out of jail appealing his DUI-manslaughter conviction, there will be no convivial afternoons at the polo grounds, no charity events, no late night parties, no socializing at all — just work and house arrest.
John Goodman to be sentenced
On the 11th floor of a Palm Beach Courtroom on Friday afternoon, Judge Jeffrey Colbath listened to friends and family of both International Polo Club founder John Goodman and Scott Wilson, the 23-year-old University of Central Florida graduate he's accused of killing with his Bentley while driving drunk two years ago.  Goodman often placed his head in his hands as he listened to Wilson's parents ...
John Goodman sentenced
International Polo Club founder John Goodman was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison after being found guilty in March of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the 2010 crash that killed Scott Wilson. On the 11th floor of a Palm Beach Courtroom on Friday afternoon, Judge Jeffrey Colbath listened to friends and family of both Goodman and Wilson, the 23-year-old University of Central ...
No parties, socializing for John Goodman under house arrest
While John Goodman is out on bond appealing his DUI-manslaughter conviction, there will be no convivial afternoons at the polo grounds, no late night parties, no socializing at all.