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Ugyan sokan ellenezték a béna képek miatt, h szóljunk erről az újságcikkről másoknak is, de mégis csak a Blade-ben,a helyi lapban jelent me rólunk, szóval itt a helye:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070727/NEWS21/707270330/-1/NEWS

szerintem annyira nem gáz

Sziasztok!

Vegre lett netunk, szoval tudunk irni emilt. Eloszor nem tudtuk a jelszot, aztan meg nem volt internetkabelunk, de vegre minden OK, elerhetoek vagyunk neten keresztul is.

Ami az utat illeti, minden rendben volt, bar a bp-amsterdam kozotti ut, foleg a felszallas elegge emlekeztetett a hullamvasutra, foleg a felszallasnal liftezett a gyomrunk, de az se segitett, hogy a mogottunk ulo gyerekek sikitoztak folyamatosan.

Amsterdamban meg ugy jartunk, hogy korabban indult tovabb a gep, mi meg keson ertunk a kapuhoz, amit addigra bezartak es ugy nyitottak ki nekunk utolag. Egy kicsit megijedtunk, foleg, hogy meg 1 security feliratu sarga ontapadot is ragasztottak a jegyunkre, de szerencsere felesleges volt izgulnunk, mert a detroiti repteren ropke 1,5 oras sorbanallas utan beengedtek minket minden tovabbi nelkul, miutan elmagyaraztuk az utazasunk celjat. Amugy az ut 2. fele 8 ora volt, de nem volt annyira veszes, mint gondoltam. Leadtak 2 filmet, kiosztottak 1 csomo kajat, meg kisparnat, meg takarot is biztositottak. A gep amugy nem volt tul nagy 3-3 ules 2 oldalt es a folyoso olyan szuk, hogy folyton mki belem utkozott.

Mire megerkeztunk, mar vart rank a prof, akit kirendeltek elenk, o hozott el a koleszhoz. Nagyon rendes volt, masnap meg vasarolni, moziba meg ebedelni is elvitt minket, meg korbe mutogatta a kornyeket, az egyetem teruletet, a kertvarost, ami nagyon szep, tele a filmekben latott tipikus amerikai hazakkal, amik tok masok, mint otthon. Megneztuk Katie Holmes (Tom Cruise felesege) regi hazat is, ahol felnott, ugyanis o idevalosi, meg a szulei mostani hazat, mert ok meg mindig itt elnek, a profok ismerik is oket.

Amugy tok mas itt minden. Amit megtanultunk, hogy itt a kicsi is nagy. Pl. a legkisebb fagyi otthon kb 5 gomb fagyinak felel meg, a legkisebb kave meg 2,5 dl. Ja, es tiszta orultek, ami a legkondit illeti, minden uzletet a ruhaboltot, a mozit es persze a birosagot is agyon hutenek (18-20 fok max), szoval jol be kell oltoznunk, hogy ne fagyunk meg. Ok persze birjak es csak csodalkoznak rajtunk, h a szobankban is kikapcsoltuk a legkondit es kinyitottuk az ablakot (ami muszaj volt, mert elegge budos volt  a szobaban mikor megjottunk, ugy volt, hogy le is csereljuk, de aztan inkabb nem varialtunk).

Eddig nagyon suru volt a programunk. A szovetsegi birosagon egy csomo embernek bemutattak, korbevezettek, voltunk mar tobb targyalason, birokkal is beszelgettunk. Mki nagyon baratsagos, erdeklodnek felolunk, segitenek, szoval minden rendben. A technika amit hasznalnak elkepeszto, mkinek(biro, ugyved, ugyesz, eskudtek) a targyaloteremben van monitorja, van 1 nagykepernyos projektor a nezoknek is, de a tanu pl. 1 spec. tollal meg irni is tud az elotte levo laptop monitorjara, ami megjelenik a nagykepernyon is, de mondjuk a kereseteket is emilben nyujtak be, meg az osszes ugy osszes irata beszkennelve rajta van a neten, barki rakereshet es elolvashatja.

Ma egyebkent ma talalkoztunk a Balint Erzsebettel, aki itt toledoban az itt elo magyarok szivivoje, elvitt minket a baratnoivel 1 liberiai etterembe, ahol tok jol foznek. Nagyon sok infot tudtunk meg toluk, inteztek nekunk hutot, meg a chicagoi utunkat is segitenek szervezni.

Tegnap is voltunk pizzazni meg fagyizni 1 masik proffal, szoval eddig nem nagyon koltottunk kajara, foleg, h a birosagon is meghivtak minket. Ugyhogy nagyon nepszeruek vagyunk. Bar ma volt 1 kis incidesunk, amikor 1 sracot megkerdeztunk a buszmegalloban a buszrol, aztan meg beszelgettunk vele (rola is kiderult, h tok sokat tud Mo.-rol, eddig mki tudta, hol van, sot szinte mkinek akad 1 magyar rokona v. ismerose, de hires a varosban Tony Pako magyar etterme is, allitolag mindenfele hiresseg megfordult mar ott, bar a magyarok szerint nem is olyan jo), mire egyszer csak megjelent a felesege es el kezdett velunk kiabalni, hogy mit kepzelunk, hogy mi az o ferjevel beszelunk, nekunk nincs jogunk ehhez, kozben utotte a pasit, de szerencsere pont jott a busz es felugrottunk ra.

Ja, a szallas eleg szereny, de mar belaktuk, eloszor elegge megijedtunk, h itt kell laknunk 1 honapig, de most mar asszem menni fog.

Toledo amugy amerikai viszonylatban nem tul nagy varos, de teruletre azert jo nagy tavolsagok vannak. Mi viszonylag kint lakunk a kertvarosi resz mellett, meg kijjebb van rengeteg bevasarlo kp. , 1 csomo bolt km-ken keresztul, viszont a belvarosban nincsenek boltok, nincs olyan varoskp., mint otthon szokott lenni. Azert van allatkert, meg hires muzeum, meg vidampark, ahova tervezunk menni.

Egyelore ennyi, kesore jar.

udv: Maris

Jo hangulatban telt az utolso 2 este is. Csutortokon a botanikus kertben volt szabadteri jazzkoncert, ahol jelentosen levittuk az atlageletkort. Vittunk enni-inni, ugyhogy piknik jellege volt a dolognak. Tetszett nagyon, kar hogy nalunk otthon nincsenek ilyen kiulos zenes estek.

Penteken meg napkozben gyorsan megneztuk a toledoi muzeumot, amit a legjobbak koze sorolnak az allamokban. Du.-este volt a bucsupartink, ami a Tango nevu mexikoi etterem teraszan kezdodott (amirol kozben kiderult, h nem volt vmi jo otlet, mivel kb. 40 fok volt es mki ugy izzadt, h ihaj, amely helyzeten a sok csipos kaja csak rontott). Eleg sokan eljottek a profok, meg a hostok kozul, akikre hetkozben voltunk bizva a birosagokon, ugyvedi irodakban. Miutan bucsut vettunk toluk prof Steinbockkal es prof Harrissel es a csaladjukkal athajoztunk a Maumee folyo tuloldalara, ahol pont ma este Cityfest volt. Felleppett 1 zenekar, ami jo kis rock-country szamokat adott elo, ja meg ha meg nem ettunk volna eleget, 1 csomo standon mindenfele oldalast (ribs) arultak, ami vegulis 1 verseny volt, mert pontozni lehetett a kajakat es gyoztest hirdettek a vegen. En nemtom mi van ezekkel az amerikaiakkal, de kepesek mindent edesen enni, a salata, a kenyer, a huson az ontet, minden tok edes. A mai este (meg az elmult 4 het) utan azt hiszem 1 darabig nem fogok tudni kajara nezni. Edessegre legalabbis semmikepp. Ja es sportolni fogok megint, mert barmily hihetetlen de 4 het alatt egyetlen egyszer tudtam elmenni futni, annyira suru volt a program!

Holnap keso este indulunk haza detroitbol, vasarnap du.-ra pedig erkezunk Bp.-re. Szoval ez volt az utolso bejelentkezesem.

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jazzkoncerten a toledoi botanikus kertben

Ezen a heten szetvaltunk, mki mas ugyvedi iradahoz kerult. En egy jogsegely szolgalatnal vagyok. A programom valtozatos, voltam mar idosek otthonaban (60 ev felettieknek ingyenes jogi tanacsadas jar), most keszulok a fiatalkoruak javitointezetebe. Du. a telefonos jogsegelynyujtast mutatjak be. Tegnap kihagytam a mexikoi emigrans foldmuvesek helyszini latogatasat, mert eleg kesoig tartott volna, meg szerintem egyebkent se ertettem volna az egeszbol 1 szot se, mivel ok nem igazan tudnak angolul, igy valoszinuleg spanyolul ment volna a beszelgetes.

Het elejen volt szerencsere 1-2 szabad estenk, ami alatt tudtunk kicsit pihenni. Tegnap a profokkal mentunk borozni es beszelgetni, ma prof Harrissel (o mki kedvence) jazz koncertre vagyunk hivatalosak, pentek este pedig bucsu buli lesz prof Steinbock szervezeseben, elhivja a tobbi profot, meg mkit, aki a 4 het alatt segitett nekunk a birosagokon.

Lassan kezdunk keszulodni a hazautra, nekem mar mehetnekem van, jo lenne megint otthon lenni, bar a munka az nem hianyzik egyaltalan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kilatas az Empire state building tetejerol

 

Central Park

 

A WTC helye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a Szabadsag szobor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rockefeller Center

Na hello! Kepeket is rovidesen felrakok, de egyelore marad a sztori.

Pentek reggel indultunk repulovel New Yorkba, ezuttal nem mindannyian, csak 5-en lanyok. Az ut kb. 1,5 ora volt, nem teljesen zokkenomentes, a leszallas legalabbis eleg hullamzos kanyargos volt, de szerencsesen foldet ertunk vegul.

Az utolso pillanatban foglaltink szallast a kinai varosreszben, ami nem volt a legjobb hely, de orultunk, h ezt megtalaltuk, de vegul megsem odamentunk, hanem 1 masik hotelba, amit meg aznap talalt nekunk prof Steinbock. Ez amugy hires hely volt, a Hotel Chelsea, ahol hires irok eltek korabban evekig (pl. Arthur Miller), kesobb meg rockbandak meg mindenfele zeneszek szalltak meg ott eloszeretettel. A szobank hatalmas volt, a berendezes regimodi angolos, 3 hatalmas aggyal, nagyon tetszett mkinek, a koleszhoz kepest eleg nagy volt a kontraszt.

A hetvegenkre jellemzo volt, h barhova mentunk, mindig vmi le volt zarva, a szallast is igy vagy 3 ora alatt ertuk el metroval, meg repteri vonattal. Du. azert meg maradt idonk arra, hogy elmenjunk kicsit setalni a Central parkba, aztan lattuk a Rockefeller centert is, de csak kivulrol (hatalmas felhokarcolo), aztan Judit barataival ultunk be 1 mexikoi etterembe, hazafele menet pedig meg megneztuk az ENSZ "palotat", ami nem volt vmi nagy szam, ami azt illeti.

Szombaton eleg faraszto napunk volt, egesz nap talpon voltunk, h megnezhessunk mindent, amit elterveztunk. Eloszor elmentunk a World Trade Center helyet, ahol mar folyik az epitkezes, 1 ujabb felhokarcolot akarnak oda epiteni, ami nem tudom mennyire jo otlet.

Utana vizitaxival hahoztunk egyet. Megneztuk a szabadsag szobrot, a Brooklyn hidat, Ellis es Staten Islandet, de csak hajorol.

Utana a du.-t a Canal Streeten toltottuk, ami a kinai negyedben van es arrol hires, h a kinaiak csupa lopott meg hamis markas cuccokat arulnak ott az utcan, a lanyok be is vasaroltak taskakbol, napszemuvegbol meg parfumbol 1 borondnyire valot. En aztan csak mentem utanauk, mert nem igazan villanyozott fel a gondolat, h vehetek 20-30 $-ert egy hamis Gucci taskat. Csak az volt a szerencsem, h 8-kor bezartak a boltok, mert a csajok szerintem meg mindig ott lennenek es mennenek az egyik boltbol ki a masikba be.

Ejszaka lett mire az Empire State Buliding 86. emeletere feljutottunk es megnezhettuk a kilatast a kivilagitott varosra. Allitolag onnan 50 merfoldre lehet ellatni. A 102.-ig mar nem mentunk fel, de annyi emeletes, most ujbol ez NY legmagasabb epulete.

Ezutan meg tettunk 1 rovid setat a Times Square-n es a Broadway elejen, de 3 ora fele hazaindultunk, mert aludni is kell vmikor.

Vasarnap kettevaltunk, ketten elmentenk muzeumba, en meg a tobbiekkel  Greenwich villageben setaltam egyet. Sajna el kezdett szakadni az eso, de mar ugyis mennunk kellett ki a repterre.

Ott aztan eleve hamarabb ertunk ki, de a gep is kesett 2 orat, szoval sokat dekkoltunk, de meg szerencsesek voltunk, mert tobb korabbi detroiti gepet teljesen toroltek. Szoval ejjel 1-re haza is ertunk.

Csak roviden, szerdan megneztunk 1 baseball meccset, a toledo Mudhens jatszott. Nagyon tetszett, bar a szabalyokkal meg mindig nem vagyok tisztaban, de azert neha volt, hogy ertettem, mi tortenik. Ez amugy inkabb tarsadalmi esemeny, nem annyira a sportrol szol, a nezok alig figyelnek a jatekra, annyi a reklam, a nyeremenyjatek a szunetekben, tapsolni is csak akkor tapsolnak, ha ki van irva a kivetitore, hogy most kell tapsolni.

Csutortokon egy barbeque-ra voltunk hivatalosak Elizabeth egyik baratnojenek toparti hazaba, majd a ferjevel elvittek minket vitorlazni az Erie-re. Mki vezethette a hajot, en is, kb. 2 perccel maradtunk le amugy a viharrol. Pont en voltam az utaolso, s nagy villamlasok kozepette vezettem vissza a hajot a kikotobe. Izgi volt.

Pentektol vasarnapig New Yorkban voltunk oten, de errol majd kesobb reszletesen, ha vegre kialudtam magam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a baseball meccsen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

az eskudtszek

Hello mki!

Mult heten vegre meglattuk az Erie tavat, elvitt minket piknikezni egy magyar szarmazasu csalad. Jo volt, bar furodni nem tudtunk, egyreszt mert azon a reszen nem lehetett, masreszt meg egesz nap nem volt tul jo ido, es akkor pont hatalmas szel fujt, csak ugy tudtunk enni, h kozben 2 kezzel kellett fogni a tanyerunkat.

Szombaton pedig autot bereltunk es mind a heten utnak indultunk a Niagarahoz. Du.-ra kb. 5 ora alatt oda is ertunk rendben, szoval meg volt idonk kimenni a vizeseshez, sot lathattuk a neplementet, sot egy feloras tuzijatek, meg fenyjatek is volt este 10-kor. A vizeses gyonyoru, persze rengeteg volt a turista, ami erdekes, h 99%-ban indiaiak voltak. eletemben nem lattam meg annyi indiai embert, mint ott. Masnap is visszamentunk, es hajora szalltunk, ami bevitt minket a vizeses kozvetlen kozelebe, gyakorlatilag mar a kanadai oldalra. Mki kapott esokabatot, de meg igy is rendesen elaztunk a hatalmas paraban. Tok jo volt, kar, h nem maradhattunk tovabb. Hazafele uton beugrottunk a Cedarpoint nevu hullamvasutparkba, ahol van vagy 20-30 kulonbozo hullamvasut. Kozuluk a legdurvabb allitolag a vilagon a legmagasabb es leggyorsabb (4mp alatt gyorsul fel 120 merfold per orara, aztan egybol felmegy irdatlan magasra, aztan szabadesesben lefele es vege is. Meg nezni is rossz. Na ezt kihagytam, de azert 3 kozepes erossegut bevallaltam, ebbol 2 at is fordult, az egyik meg azert volt spec, mert logott belole a labunk.

A heten az ugyeszseg volt a soros, ami engem talan a legjobban erdekelt. Tegnap voltunk pl. a rendorsegen, ahol 1 olyan rendor beszelt nekunk, aki fantomkepeket rajzolt mesteri szinten es az ujjlenyomatok nagy szakertoje, meg sok bonyolult ugy felderiteseben segedkezett. Holnap bortonlatogatas a program. sajna eskudtvalogatast pont nem lattunk, mert az aldozat nem jelent meg, pedig az erdekes lett volna.

Ma este baseball meccsen voltunk, ami nagyon tetszett, bar nem igazan a sportrol szolt, mint a szorakoztatasrol es a relkamokrol, volt vagy 3 oras egyebkent. Probaltam megerteni a szabalyokat tobb kevesebb sikerrel, de inkabb kevesebbel.

Penteken indulunk repulovel New yorkba, majd arrol is beszamolok!

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/NEWS02/707100389

Article published Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Deputies' trial opens in 'abuse of power' case
Officers say boy, 15, was difficult to handle

By ERICA BLAKE
BLADE STAFF WRITER

Jacob Sanford, 15, sat in a cell at the Lucas County Juvenile Justice Center shaking and crying while the two sheriff's deputies who violated his civil rights "went off to concoct a lie," a federal prosecutor said.

 

But while prosecutors with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division call the actions of Deputies Troy Jackson and Marc Odoms an "abuse of power," defense attorneys painted a picture of two men who were trying to restrain an unruly youth.

 

The trial for the two deputies accused of both civil rights and obstruction charges began with opening statements yesterday in U.S. District Court in Toledo.

 

Federal authorities alleged that on Jan. 20, 2005, Deputy Jackson assaulted the handcuffed teenager several times in the face and that Deputy Odoms failed to intervene.

 

They also are accused of lying about the incident in departmental reports and giving false testimony at the teenager's trial on felony assault.

 

"This is a case about abuse of power, of two law enforcement officers who took it upon themselves to punish a misbehaving 15-year-old boy, not within the limits of the law, but by beating him and then lying about it," Kristy Parker, a Washington-based prosecutor, told the jury of 11 women and two men. "A sworn law enforcement officer punched an unresisting, handcuffed juvenile in the face while another sworn officer watched."

 

Prosecutors called several witnesses yesterday, including civilian staff members of the Juvenile Justice Center and law enforcement officers who offer training in proper ways to restrain resisting detainees.

 

A former nurse at the Juvenile Justice Center testified about the injuries Jacob sustained while in the intake area of the facility.

 

Kathleen Zielinski, who was let go as an employee of the center, said she observed bruising and swelling around Jacob's left eye, his face, and his neck.

 

In fact, she was concerned enough about the extent of the injuries that she requested that Jacob be taken to a local emergency room for X-rays to determine whether his eye socket or cheek bones had been fractured, she said.

 

With photos she took displayed for the jury, Ms. Zielinski said Jacob told her he was thrown on the floor and punched in the face by a deputy.

 

Ms. Zielinski also testified that she encountered Deputy Jackson on her way to examine Jacob and that he told her the boy attempted to head-butt him, but that the 4-foot, 11-inch, 120-pound Jacob had only been able to reach his shirt pocket.

 

Cleveland-based attorney Dominic Vitantonio, who is representing Deputy Jackson, pointed out that Ms. Zielinski was not an eyewitness to what took place within the center when Jacob was being brought into the intake area.

 

Both prosecutors and the defense acknowledged that the teenager was combative and that he resisted each of the personnel attempting to subdue him.

 

Mr. Vitantonio said the teenager was able to head-butt Deputy Jackson before they could bring him under control.

 

"They were doing their job - an ugly job, and they were doing it under difficult circumstances," Mr. Vitantonio said during his opening statement.

 

Deputy Odoms' attorney, Clyde Bennett of Cincinnati, questioned the witnesses about whether they knew Deputy Odoms was present when Deputy Jackson was trying to restrain the teenager.

 

The witnesses who testified yesterday could not say if he was.

 

Mr. Bennett told the jury that the only reason Deputy Odoms was in court was because "he attempted to assist another deputy in controlling an inmate."

 

But prosecutors said both men should have known how to deal with a hysterical inmate without using what they believed was excessive force.

 

Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Luettke, a trainer for the department, testified that each deputy is trained in the use of force.

 

He added that each deputy is required to sign a Use of Force Policy as well as an Oath of Office, which requires each deputy to swear to uphold the laws of both the U.S. and Ohio constitutions.

 

The deputies each face up to 10 years in prison and fines of $250,000 if found guilty of the criminal charges.

 

Deputy Odoms, who also is accused of making false statements, faces an additional five years in prison.

 

Both men were cleared of wrongdoing in an internal investigation and maintain positions with the sheriff's department.

 

A spokesman for the department could not be reached for comment yesterday.

 

The trial, which began Friday with jury selection, will resume today, with Judge Jack Zouhary presiding. It is expected to last all week.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070713/NEWS02/707130412/-1/NEWS

Article published Friday, July 13, 2007

Lucas County deputies not guilty in case of injured teen
Judge says inmate's rights not violated

With joyful family members surrounding him, Lucas County Sheriff's Deputy Troy Jackson said last night he was just doing his job the day he encountered a combative youth in the county's Juvenile Detention Center - a situation that landed him in the federal court system facing charges of civil rights violations.

 

Deputy Jackson and his colleague, Deputy Marc Odoms, were found not guilty last night of obstructing justice and violating the civil rights of a 15-year-old boy in their custody.

 

Deputy Jackson was exonerated of charges that he punched the teenager in the face and then lied about it.

 

Deputy Odoms was found not guilty of failing to intervene in the alleged beating and accusations that he lied on both departmental reports about the Jan. 20, 2005, incident and to the FBI agent who was investigating.

 

"I was doing my job," a visibly relieved Deputy Jackson said after the verdict. "That's all that I did, my job."

 

Cincinnati-based attorney Clyde Bennett, who represented Deputy Odoms, said that his client was elated by the verdict.

 

Deputy Odoms, who declined to comment, was surrounded by his family, who thanked both jurors and God for the deputy's acquittal.

 

"He told me that he can now sleep," Mr. Bennett said. "He can resume his normal life."

 

Although in the courtroom during closing arguments, the teenager and his parents were not present for the verdict. When contacted through their attorney, they declined comment.

 

The verdict came after four days of testimony in U.S. District Court in Toledo. A jury of 10 women and 2 men deliberated for nearly seven hours yesterday before returning not-guilty verdicts on the three counts each of the deputies faced.

 

Prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division declined comment yesterday, referring all questions to the division's public relations department.

 

During the trial, with Judge Jack Zouhary presiding, federal prosecutors alleged that Deputy Jackson punched a handcuffed teenager in his face while Deputy Odoms watched, failing to intervene.

 

Defense attorneys countered that the teenager assaulted Deputy Jackson with a head-butt, a likely cause of his injuries, and continued to be combative until he was eventually subdued.

 

"He didn't do it, they didn't do it," said Deputy Jackson's attorney, Dominic Vitantonio, of Cleveland. "The whole incident was blown way out of proportion."

 

During closing arguments, prosecutors painted a picture of a vengeful deputy who was angered by an unruly youth.

 

Jacob Sanford, now 18, testified during the trial about what happened to him the day he was brought into the detention center after being handcuffed during a juvenile hearing.

 

He said that he was knocked to the floor, dragged into a holding cell, and punched in the face, all while being handcuffed.

 

Photos of the teenager's face at the time showed what prosecutors called "severe injuries," including swelling, bruises, and a black eye.

 

Testifying on behalf of the government during the trial were several civilian staff members of the Juvenile Justice Center, medical doctors, and Lucas County sheriff's deputies who were staffing the intake area at the time of the incident.

 

The deputies already had been cleared of wrongdoing in a departmental review and have maintained their jobs at the sheriff's department.

 

Throughout the trial, and during Deputy Odoms' testimony, the pair maintained that the teenager had been the aggressor and that Deputy Jackson had only used an appropriate amount of force to subdue the teenager.

 

- Erica Blake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

biro lettem

 

a Niagaranal

 

mi is behajoztunk a vizeses kozvetlen kozelebe

http://utnews.utoledo.edu/publish/article_3741.shtml

Hungarian law students to sample law, life in Toledo By Kathleen Amerkhanian Jul 6, 2007, 06:23 As part of The University of Toledo College of Law’s partnership with the University of Szeged Law Department in Hungary, seven Szeged law students will come to Toledo in July to experience U.S. law and life. The students will stay on UT’s Main Campus at the International House and will complete internships in four legal settings, shadowing attorneys in both the government sector and private practice. Their first week will be spent at the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; the second week will be at the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas; the third week will be at the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office; and the fourth week will be spent in local law offices. Some activities the College of Law will help facilitate for after work hours include visits to a Mud Hens game, the Toledo Museum of Art, and other area attractions. The College of Law also will help set up visits with area politicians, including State Rep. Peter Ujvagi, who is of Hungarian heritage. “Hungary has the same population and number of law schools as Ohio,” said Daniel Steinbock, UT associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Law and professor. “To operate in an integrated Europe and a newly globalized world, by necessity, Hungarian lawyers need to understand foreign law.” The students are fluent in English and are financing their travels, Steinbock said. They’re looking forward to supplementing the knowledge about American law that they’ve gained in the classroom with observations about practicing law in the United States. The College of Law launched this program in conjunction with the University of Szeged in 2005. Over the course of the first two years of the program, eight College of Law professors have traveled to Hungary to teach short courses on American law, giving Szeged students a taste of the more interactive American style of legal education. The professors each taught in their respective areas of expertise — constitutional law, evidence, intellectual property law, contracts, property law, civil procedure and criminal law — and came back with warm memories of the welcome they experienced in Szeged and of the classroom interaction with Szeged students. The program was designed to expose Szeged students to typical U.S. law classes, complete with case analysis and the Socratic method, but the Szeged students aren’t the only ones who benefit. The program offers UT faculty an opportunity to gain international teaching experience and gather different perspectives on their particular areas of expertise. The UT law faculty members who have taught in Hungary are Steinbock Beth Eisler, Bruce Kennedy, David Harris, James Tierney, Llew Gibbons, Jim Klein, and former Professor and Dean Phil Closius.

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070720/NEWS02/707200387 

Article published Friday, July 20, 2007
COLD CASE VERDICT

Boyfriend sentenced for woman's '04 murder

Damiene Boles was convicted yesterday of the murder of Cori Key, who was found beaten and stabbed in her shower. ( THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH ) Zoom | Photo Reprints

By ERICA BLAKE
BLADE STAFF WRITER

For three years, Cori Key's family and friends have waited.

 

They waited for the man they believed killed the 26-year-old mother of two to be arrested and they waited to witness his trial for the crime.

 

Yesterday, after waiting nearly five hours for a Lucas County Common Pleas Court jury to deliberate, Ms. Key's family and friends finally were told the words they had so long desired to hear - Ms. Key's boyfriend, Damiene Boles, was guilty of murder.

 

This morning, they returned to court to witness Boles being sentenced to 15 years to life in prison by Judge James Jensen.

The judge called Boles "arrogant" and a "monster" before ordering him to prison. He also assessed a $15,000 fine, the maximum.

Boles will be eligible for parole in 15 years, when he will have to go before a parole board for a hearing. This morning, he once again denied that he was responsible for Ms. Key’s death.

The case against Boles, 35, was reopened in December, about 2 ½ years after the Ms. Key's body was found July, 31, 2004, beaten and stabbed in the running water of her shower.
Investigators with the county’s cold case unit arrested Boles soon after they reopened the case.

Ms. Key’s family and friends, who attended this week’s four-day trial everyday, said they were relieved to see Boles in prison.

Cori Key Zoom | Photo Reprints

After the verdict yesterday, Ms. Key's father, David, talked of the three years since he found his only daughter's body in her Oakwood Avenue home.
"It was difficult. I'm not going to sit here and say it was easy. It wasn't," Mr. Key said.

 

"He really don't know what he took, that's the sad part. He really don't know what he took," he said. "He thought she was just another girl … She was an angel."

Family and friends testified throughout the four-day trial that Ms. Key, who had a child with Boles, was afraid of him and was trying to leave the abusive and controlling relationship.

Prosecutors told jurors that although she tried, Boles was not going to let her go.

"The mindset of Damiene Boles was that if he wasn't go-ing to have her, nobody was going to have her," said Assistant County Prosecutor Andy Lastra, adding that the verdict proved that Boles wasn't going to have a life either.

'He thought she was just another girl … she was an angel,' David Key said of his daughter as he left the courthouse. Zoom | Photo Reprints

Throughout the trial, several witnesses testified that they saw Boles at Ms. Key's house the night she was killed.

 

Two witnesses said that Boles warned them not to talk to police about what they knew.

 

Boles' defense team presented witnesses earlier in the day who testified that they saw him at a Monroe Street bar the night Ms. Key was murdered. A bouncer, a bartender, and the owner of the Blueprint Sportsbar and Lounge testified that they saw Boles the night of July 30.

 

None of the men could say exactly when he arrived or how long he was there.

 

In closing arguments, Tonya Carr, Boles' attorney, said her client admittedly had a rocky relationship with Ms. Key, but "that doesn't mean that Damiene killed her."

 

She pointed out that no forensic evidence pointed to Boles, and Ms. Key's home was in a "high-crime area."

 

After the verdict, defense attorney Don Cameron said he was disappointed by the decision and that his client plans to appeal. He called the situation a tragedy for both Ms. Key's family and for Boles.

 

"There was a lot of material," Mr. Cameron said of the state's case against his client.

 

"I think there were two levels of the state's evidence. There were the people who claim they saw Damiene at the scene, and there was also the level of the people who care about Cori and who knew of their relationship but nothing of the scene," he said.

 

"The connection is probably what the jury saw."

 

Assistant County Prosecutor Michael Bohner pointed out that Boles was the main person of interest in the 2004 police investigation but because of weaknesses in the case, he was not arrested.

 

He credited investigators in the county's cold-case unit for finally giving Ms. Key's family the resolution they had craved for so long.

 

"Do we wish we could have done it sooner? Yes. But justice was served today," he said.

 

Mr. Lastra added that Ms. Key's murder is exactly why the county has a cold-case unit, which was created to re-examine unsolved murder cases.

 

He said that although family members and investigators believed for several years that Boles was responsible for Ms. Key's death, it wasn't until a jury of 12 people announced his guilt that the case was finally closed.

 

"Whether it's two years, four years, or 40 years, this office is not going to rest until we get those cases solved," he said. "We're not going to forget about these cases."

 

Boles' supporters who attended the trial declined to comment after the verdict

http://www.utlaw.edu/news/index.htm#szeged

Hungarian law graduates sample law and life in Toledo through visit coordinated by UT College of Law

Eight College of Law faculty members have participated in the Szeged American Law Program. Pictured are (at left) Professor and Associate Dean Daniel Steinbock and Professor James Klein; (at right) Professor Bruce Kennedy and Professor Beth Eisler. Not pictured are Professors David Harris, Phillip Closius, Llewellyn Gibbons, and James Tierney. The Szeged University Law School graduates are (back, from left to right) Vera Jegesy, Szabolcs Szendrő, Ágnes Keszi, Réka Valastyán; (front, left to right) Melinda Lánczi, Judit Magony and Mariann Szekeres.

As part of The University of Toledo College of Law’s partnership with the University of Szeged Law Department in Hungary, seven Szeged law graduates came to Toledo in July to sample law and life in the U.S.

The graduates stayed on The University of Toledo campus at the International House and completed internships in four legal settings, shadowing attorneys in both the government sector and private practice. Their first week was spent at the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio; the second week was at the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas; the third week was at the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office; and the fourth week was spent in local law offices. Some activities the College of Law helped facilitate for after work hours include visits to a Mud Hens game, the Toledo Museum of Art, and other area attractions. The College of Law also helped facilitate visits with area politicians, including State Representative Peter Ujvagi, who is of Hungarian heritage.

“Hungary has the same population and number of law schools as Ohio,” said Associate Dean and Professor Daniel Steinbock. “To operate in an integrated Europe and a newly globalized world, by necessity, Hungarian lawyers need to understand foreign law.”

The graduates are fluent in English and financed their travels, Steinbock said. They hoped to supplement the knowledge about American law that they’ve gained in the classroom with observations about practicing law in the U.S.

UT Law launched this program in conjunction with the University of Szeged in 2005. Over the course of the first two years of the program, eight College of Law professors have traveled to Hungary to teach short courses in American law, giving Szeged students a taste of the more interactive American style of legal education.

The professors each taught in their respective areas of expertise – constitutional law, evidence, intellectual property law, contracts, property law, civil procedure, and criminal law – and came back with warm memories of the welcome they experienced in Szeged and of the classroom interaction with Szeged students. The program was designed to expose Szeged students to typical U.S. law classes, complete with case analysis and the Socratic Method, but the Szeged students aren’t the only ones who benefit. The program offers UT Law professors an opportunity to gain international teaching experience and gather different perspectives on their particular areas of expertise.

The UT Law professors who have taught in Hungary include Professors Daniel Steinbock (now Associate Dean for Academic Affairs), Beth Eisler, Bruce Kennedy, David Harris, James Tierney, Llew Gibbons, Jim Klein and former Professor and Dean Phil Closius.

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Kozonsegkivanatra irok is vmit, mivel vegre akadt 1 szabad estem netkozelben.

Nagy valtozast hozott ez a het, mert egyreszt kiegeszultunk 7 fore, igy teljes a letszam, masreszt a szovetsegi birosag utan atnyergeltunk az allami birosagra, ami eleg nagy valtast jelentett. A szovetsegi birosag ehhez kepest nagyon nyugis hely volt, tobb szabad kapacitasuk is volt, hogy korbeugraljanak minket. Az allami birosagot csak "mad house"-nak becezik, amit hetfon meg is ertettunk, hogy miert. Ott minden nap azzal inditanak, hogy egymas utan, szinte futoszalagon birosag ele allitjak azokat, akiket az elozo nap a varosban letartoztattak (hetfon az egesz hetvegi termes kb. 50-60 fo volt), s kb 1 percben v. meg annyi sem meghallgatjak oket, h bunosnek valljak-e magukat, tudnak-e ugyvedet fogadni, szabadlabra helyezik-e oket, ilyesmi. Kar, h csak az ures targyaloteremben engednek minket fenykepezni, mert igy nem tudtuk megorokiteni milyen arcok voltak ott. Annyit mondhatok, h most derult ki csak igazan szamunkra, h milyen nagy az isten allatkertje. Nem az amerikai nep kremje volt jelen, na. A biro mondjuk rendes volt, mert a targyalas elejen bejelentette ott mkinek, h joghallgatok vannak itt Mo.-rol, aztan meg felultetett minket maga melle a pulpitusra es a targyalas kozben magyarazta, h eppen mi tortenik. Ja, es a labanal az asztal alatt ott fekudt a kutyaja :) Eleg laza volt.

Ma beultunk egy gyilkossagi ugy targyalasara, ami nem lett volna rossz, csak esett az eso, eleg almosito volt az ido, meg neha olyan halkan beszeltek a tanuk, h nem hallottunk semmit se, ugyhogy sikerult rajta a fel scoportnak elaludnia, ugy hogy a teremor jott sorban rank szolni, h "stay awake", na az eleg vicces volt. Remelem a biro nem vette mindezt eszre (mondjuk az elottunk ulo ficko meg horkolt is, mi lega. csendben voltunk). Az egyik szunetben mindenesetre behivott minket az irodajaba, elmeselte az ugyet, mert az elejet nem lattuk, sot, azoknak, akik tovabb maradtak, meg azokat a fotokat is megmutatta az aldozat boncolasarol, amiket meg az eskudtszek sem lathatott, mert annyira durvak (errol en lemaradtam, de nem nagyon bantam).

Holnap Ann Arborba megyunk birosag helyett, ami kb. 1 oranyira van innen, ott van egyebkent a Michigan University, de mondjuk mi egy muveszeti vasarra megyunk. Allitolag ilyenkor az egesz varost lezarjak, bazarok vannak, zene, meg egy csomo ember. Jo bulinak igerkezik.

Mult hetvegen nem mentunk vegul Chicagoba, mert nem sikerult osszehozni az utazast (kar, mert mki dicseri, aki ott volt). Mindegy lega. kipihentuk magunkat (delig aludtunk), ami rank fert, aztan szombaton egesz nap vasaroltunk a mallban, ami 1 hatalmas nagy plaza, vasarnap meg elmentunk allatkertbe, ahol lattunk kis jegesmacit, zsirafot, meg elefantot is. Aztan meg este vacsorara voltunk hivatalosak prof Kleinekhoz.

Tegnap megint a magyarokkal vacsoraztunk, szerveztunk kozos programokat is. Ja, meg elotte volt a jogi karon egy kis fogadas a tiszteletunkre, ahol bemutattak minket a tanaroknak, meg kicsit elbeszelgettunk veluk. Le is fenykepeztek, benne leszunk majd az egyetemi ujsagban. Penteken prof Steinbock hivott meg minket vacsizni a hazaba, csut.-on a joghallgatokkal mentunk ir pubba, ahol azt az orias salatat adtak. Mondjuk nem meglepo, itt minden kaja hatalmas adag. nagyon szeretnek itt kinn zabalni, az biztos. A kepek alapjan ugy tunhet, h mi is csak folyton eszunk, ami igy is van sajna v. szerencsere.

A het 2. felere a program piknik a topartoan az egyik joghallgato lany csaladjaval, akik magyar szarmazasuak, meg a barataikkal, aztan hetvegen autot berelunk es irany a niagara. Kov. hetre uszomedences vitorlazos grillpartys meghivast kaptunk, meg szereztek jegyet baseball meccsre nekunk, amit ugyan nem nagyon fogunk erteni, de biztos erdekes lesz.

Egyelore legyen eleg ennyi. Varom a kommenteket, nem kell felni.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. nap prof Steinbockkal a buszmegalloban. Azota kibovult a letszam, mar 7-en vagyunk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nagy igazsag (prof Hopperton hazaban volt ez a tabla kirakva - o az, aki elhozott minket a repterrol detroitbol, meg egesz vasarnap furikazott minket boltba, moziba, meg a kornyeken)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a szovetsegi birosag bejaratanal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ebed utan a birosagnal (kijottunk kicsit melegedni, mert minden epuletben meglehet fagyni, annyira megy a legkondi, persze az amerikaiak birjak, csak mi nem) 1 par pulovert nem artott volna magammal hozni...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tegnap allatkertben voltunk, van "kis" elefant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

talalkoztam a jegesmedvevel is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a kis jegesmacik az orrunk elott bunyoztak a vizben

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                          

                     rendeltem 1 kis salatat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Carr bíró partiján

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

         Zouhary bíróval a partin, akinek a tárgyalásain sokat voltunk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Balinttal es a
baratnoivel a Beirut nevu libanoni etteremben

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a szovetsegi birosag epulete (itt toltottuk az 1. hetet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a Jojo's pizzeriaban prof Kleinnal es a felesegevel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katie Holmes szuleinek haza

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a kolesz elott Judittal

 

 

Itt vagyunk Katz bironal mind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O Katz biro es csapata, akiknel az 1. hetet toltottuk a szovetsegi birosagon

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