Another Arrest Is Made in the Murder of Alabama Lawyer Blake Lazenby

Calvin McCall Haynes

A second Birmingham man has been arrested in the murder of Talladega lawyer Blake Lazenby. We seem, however, to be no closer to learning why someone wanted to kill Lazenby, who was in the midst of a contentious divorce at the time of his death last July.

Calvin McCall Haynes, 30, has been arrested and charged with one count each of solicitation of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Ocie Lee Lynch, also 30 and from Birmingham, was arrested in connection with the Lazenby case on January 10.

Talladega County District Attorney Steve Giddens is not saying much about the investigation. Reports the Talladega Daily Home:
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Legal Proof for Receipt of Gift a Higher Legal Standard than Used When Children Removed from Fit Parent

 

22 Jan 12 - The Legal Standard of proof in Alabama to prove receipt of a Gift is the clear and convincing evidence standard. See Alabama Supreme Court case: First Alabama Bank of Montgomery v. Adams (Ala. 1980).

There is no required legal standard for an Alabama court to decide child custody. It is just whatever the judge wants it to be.
Alabama Judges and Attorneys are opposed to the ACFA because
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What is more important: enacting law to stop Alabama state sponsored child abuse or enacting a law to stop cockfighting?

 

21 Jan 2012 - MONTGOMERY, Alabama - According to an Associatied Press story the Alabama Legislature will introduce a Bill in the session that begins Feb. 7 to increase the penalty for cockfighting.

The bill will be sponsored by Republican Rep. Jim Barton of Mobile in the House and by Republican Sen. Cam Ward of Alabaster in the Senate. Sen. Ward was a cosponsor of the ACFA in the 2011 session.

 

ALFRA is not saying a cockfighting bill is not necessary. ALFRA is asking our Legislators which bill is more important to society.

 

Why are we not reading stories published by the AP about our Legislators working to saferguard fit parents and children's rights to First Amendment freedom of associations?

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The Alabama Children's Family Act 2011 Legislative Sponsors and Cosponsors

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Judicial Estoppel & Misleading the Court

 

19 Jan. 12 - Inconsistent positions taken in different court proceedings is called judicial estoppel.

 

For judicial estoppel to apply:

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Fourteenth Amendment's "Substantive" Due Process Clause


The Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause states, "[Nor] shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."

The substantive component of this Clause "bar[s] certain government actions regardless

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