RogerFGay
10-04-2006, 07:53 AM
Are Civil Courts In Contempt of Justice?
Tuesday , September 26, 2006
By Wendy McElroy
He 'refuses' to produce $2.5 million that may not exist. If he were in the federal system, the maximum penalty for contempt would be 18 months. As it is, Chadwick -- who has never been convicted of a crime or faced a jury -- is indefinitely imprisoned without possibility of parole.
Has Chadwick fallen through a crack in the legal system or is he proof that family courts are out-of-control, especially regarding 'contempt of court' power?
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,215919,00.html
Tuesday , September 26, 2006
By Wendy McElroy
He 'refuses' to produce $2.5 million that may not exist. If he were in the federal system, the maximum penalty for contempt would be 18 months. As it is, Chadwick -- who has never been convicted of a crime or faced a jury -- is indefinitely imprisoned without possibility of parole.
Has Chadwick fallen through a crack in the legal system or is he proof that family courts are out-of-control, especially regarding 'contempt of court' power?
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,215919,00.html