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Sunday, October 15, 2006
Ind. Courts - Clark County "judge gladly leaves Teen Court as his legacy "
Dale Moss's column today in the Louisville Courier Journal begins:
Providence is due back a couple of times. Jeffersonville, Silver Creek, Clarksville -- all the high schools are on the schedule for Clark County Teen Court.Everything seems set, except for one detail: the judge.
The judge who calls Teen Court his legacy will not have his seat beyond the end of this year. Jerry Jacobi lost in the Democratic primary in his bid for a third term in Superior Court No. 1. Voters will choose Jacobi's successor on Nov. 7.
Neither candidate -- Vicki Carmichael faces Steve Langdon -- is obliged to embrace Teen Court, much less to believe it the fair-haired child Jacobi does.
Carmichael and Langdon appreciate the program's obvious strengths. They consider the experience worthy of being continued. But both firmly pledge allegiance to real court. First things first.
"The priority will be on getting inmates through the process," said Langdon, the Republican.
(Teen Court) "takes too much time from the other business of the court," said Carmichael, the Democrat.
Jacobi pledges a smooth transition. He paints the next judge into a corner, however, because weekly Teen Court sessions are scheduled through the current school year.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 15, 2006 09:08 AM
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