Today Ashlie Hardway, channel seven reporter, was subpoenaed to appear in the 346th Judicial District Court at 11:00 to testify. She was personally served yesterday and the return is on file with the court. A subpoena is a court order demanding the presence of a person. When a person is subpoenaed he/she must appear. A person may not just NOT show up.
Ashlie Hardway did not appear in court as ordered. She therefore violated a lawful court order. She did however send her attorney Luther Jones. Sending your attorney is never a proper alternative to appearing, that is unless you fall into special citizen, exempt from the law category. Notable is that Luther Jones stated in court that he had never met Ashlie Hardway. Did KVIA hire Jones to represent Hardway? Interesting choice for an attorney.
Luther Jones went into the hallway and made a call. He could be heard saying that Hardway needed to come to court as she had been subpoenaed. Jones told the court at 11:20 that Hardway was coming. However, ten more minutes went by and she still was not there. The court order was for 11:00. By the conclusion of the hearing today, Hardway still had not shown up.
Rules of procedure dictate that when a person is served to appear in court, the party requesting the subpoena must pay the witness $11.00. Hardway took the check for $11.00 when she received her subpoena and still did not show up. Is she planning on keeping the money or giving it back?
Why did Ms. Hardway not obey the court order to appear? This is contemptuous behavior toward the court and can result in jail and or a fine. Do you readers feel free to disobey court orders? What do you think Ms. Hardway and channel 7 are so afraid of that she would rather violate a court order than show up and tell the truth about her actions?
Consider the hypocrisy of Ms. Hardway's flagrant disregard for the law and the rules that apply to the rest of us next time you see her on tv doing a story on the legal system, especially regarding the DA's office. Consider what I have previously stated in my campaign. Members of the press are friendly in their coverage to the DA because he does not prosecute them when they break the law like drive drunk (i.e. David Crowder), and not obey court orders.
Think what would happen if all witnesses felt free to not show up for court. The legal system would break down. There would be no justice. It's like not showing up for jury duty. No jurors, no juries, no justice. No witnesses, no testimony, no justice. How come the average citizen has to show up to court and Ms. Hardway does not? What does that do to the system? Special treatment for some citizens and the book for the rest of the citizens equates into a corrupt, lopsided legal system that the citizens no longer believe in.
Ms. Hardway's lastest contribution to our Democracy is to turn her nose up at a court order and a citizen's need to bring in a witness in an effort to seek justice.
I have posted the subpoena served on Hardway. Click on the file attached below. The subpoena bears her signature. You can see for yourselves that she was in fact served and had notice to be in court today.
The post time on this blog is before 11:00. My blog is an hour hehind for some reason. This blog was written at 11:45.
Ashlie Hardway did not appear in court as ordered. She therefore violated a lawful court order. She did however send her attorney Luther Jones. Sending your attorney is never a proper alternative to appearing, that is unless you fall into special citizen, exempt from the law category. Notable is that Luther Jones stated in court that he had never met Ashlie Hardway. Did KVIA hire Jones to represent Hardway? Interesting choice for an attorney.
Luther Jones went into the hallway and made a call. He could be heard saying that Hardway needed to come to court as she had been subpoenaed. Jones told the court at 11:20 that Hardway was coming. However, ten more minutes went by and she still was not there. The court order was for 11:00. By the conclusion of the hearing today, Hardway still had not shown up.
Rules of procedure dictate that when a person is served to appear in court, the party requesting the subpoena must pay the witness $11.00. Hardway took the check for $11.00 when she received her subpoena and still did not show up. Is she planning on keeping the money or giving it back?
Why did Ms. Hardway not obey the court order to appear? This is contemptuous behavior toward the court and can result in jail and or a fine. Do you readers feel free to disobey court orders? What do you think Ms. Hardway and channel 7 are so afraid of that she would rather violate a court order than show up and tell the truth about her actions?
Consider the hypocrisy of Ms. Hardway's flagrant disregard for the law and the rules that apply to the rest of us next time you see her on tv doing a story on the legal system, especially regarding the DA's office. Consider what I have previously stated in my campaign. Members of the press are friendly in their coverage to the DA because he does not prosecute them when they break the law like drive drunk (i.e. David Crowder), and not obey court orders.
Think what would happen if all witnesses felt free to not show up for court. The legal system would break down. There would be no justice. It's like not showing up for jury duty. No jurors, no juries, no justice. No witnesses, no testimony, no justice. How come the average citizen has to show up to court and Ms. Hardway does not? What does that do to the system? Special treatment for some citizens and the book for the rest of the citizens equates into a corrupt, lopsided legal system that the citizens no longer believe in.
Ms. Hardway's lastest contribution to our Democracy is to turn her nose up at a court order and a citizen's need to bring in a witness in an effort to seek justice.
I have posted the subpoena served on Hardway. Click on the file attached below. The subpoena bears her signature. You can see for yourselves that she was in fact served and had notice to be in court today.
The post time on this blog is before 11:00. My blog is an hour hehind for some reason. This blog was written at 11:45.
on May 1, 2008, 10:07 am
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