Corruption runs through it

Didn't Alaska give us Ted Stevens before it "gave us the first female to run on a Republican presidential ticket"? The suspecions and stories about Senator Stevens and his involvement in corruption have been in the news much longer than Gov. Palin has (at least on the national level).

Talk about corruption.
If you've been to UTAH lately there's plenty of state police
corruption.
Few days ago I was stopped because I was going too slow
on I-80 in the construction zone at night with the posted speed limit
of 45 mph and highway is so curved around with concrete blocks
all round, how can anybody go faster than 45 mph?
These guys told me I was going too slow so pulled me over and then
they told me to get out of the car and decided to search my car.

Is that legal to search my car without a warrant?
They went through everything and made a mess of my car.
They asked me lots of lots of questions about everything.
What is it to them about my personal life.
Why they want to know just about everything about me and
why they went though just every part of my car is beyond me.

First I didn't want them to search my car but they said if I refuse
I'll be detained.
Fortunately after what seemed like hours, they didn't find
anything and let me go.
But they could have took all my personal property like
common thieves steal my car.
What's the difference?
That's UTAH state police corruption.
I wouldn't go to UTAH as a traveler.
Why go through all these trouble just to go through UTAH to
get to NEVADA or to CAlifornia?

In fact I really don't know why UTAH people are
like that – maybe it's this Mormon thing with these
Utah people.

I really don't understand why they can just
pull you over with stupid excuses and then
search my car without a court order.

Can somebody explain that?

I cannot believe that Casey Anthony is allowed to spend 6 hours every day with her attorney. Number 1–doesn't he have any other clients he needs to meet with and doesn't he have to appear in court on occasion for other clients. Number 2–how can ANYONE afford to pay a lawyer for 6 hours every day!!!

This is RIDICULOUS!!!

I found Jami Floyd's "last words" today offensive. It is insulting and disingenuous to raise the specious argument of prosecutors and testing labs attempting to wrongfully prosecute defendants. Perhaps this is her way of counter-balancing the fact that criminal defendants lie and that criminal defense attorneys play fast and loose with the truth, especially when they're standing on the courthouse steps or appearing in media interviews.

In the Anthony case, law enforcement agencies and the state attorneys office are advocates for this woman's missing child. Perhaps Jami Floyd should consider lowering her high horse long enough to remember that there is a victim here.

I have suffered from major depression for about 20 years now.

He should have been under the care of a psychiatrics who is
better equipped to prescribe for mental illness.

At my lowest I had a lot of stress's in my life and I reached the
point I was dangerous to myself and others as I pulled out into
traffic (not intentional) I drove off with my purse on back of car
lost rings and money and cards and check books in it. I was
admitted to hospital. And went on prozac which worked well for
me for about 15 years. When it quit working for me the doctor
put me on another medication. Which was monitored for about
6 weeks until the dosage was right and I am now diagnosis major depression STABLE.

What happens you can not concentrate. You make errors of judgment. As your thoughts are difficult to control.

John Doe-

Here's your explanation. Two words. Probable Cause.

A law enforcement officer can make an unauthorized search if he has a valid reason to believe a crime has been committed. If you leave your personal feelings out of the equation, you can see the rationale. If a police officer notices something incriminating during an ordinary traffic stop, say a bloody shirt sleeve hanging from a car trunk, do you really want him to have to wait for a judge to issue a search warrant?
You may feel you have been abused, but we don't want this ability taken away from the agencies we pay tax dollars to protect us. You could have refused the search and forced them to detain you. The officers would have had to prove their reason of Probable Cause.
If unable to prove that, you then would have a possible case of false arrest and a law suit. Waste of your time, in my mind. You know what you have in your car. Smile at the officers as they search, nod when they release you and wish them a nice day. They are just doing their job, as they see it. If this happens to you everyday, then you need to file a complaint of harrassment, or stuff that bloody shirt sleeve all the way in the trunk.

My comment is based on the testimony given by A.J. Hutto, this is the saddest thing I have seen in a while. Leave the precious boy alone, he has been through enough. There is no reason why he should have to relive that horrible day. The defense is confusing the boy. If I was his Mom I would stand up and STOP the trauma he is going through on the stand IMMEDIATELY!!!!

I was very disappointed to see Jami Floyd's final word crassly censored this morning at 10:54 am MDT. I'm sorry so many people are afraid of free speech and an open exchange of ideas, but it is even more deplorable when it is used to choke a communication media on the public airways. Ted Turner should be held to a higher standard.