Mountain Justice

Author : Archie Meyers
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595418725

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It was so dark that she couldn't see anything but headlights. There was no guardrail along the steep drop to the riverbank, but Megan pulled over as close to the edge as possible to allow the car to pass. It didn't pull out to pass but continued to ease up closer to the rear of her car. Then, Megan and Roberta were thrown forward as it bumped the rear of her car. Roberta screamed, and Megan yelled, "Mama, tighten your seat belt " She was trying to pull her own belt tighter when they were bumped again. She tried to speed up, but the other vehicle stayed right on her bumper. Then she tried to slow down, and it finally pulled out to pass. But when it pulled even with the left rear of Megan's car, it swerved into her car. Megan had no room to move over since she was already right on the edge of the steep embankment. She tried to speed up again, but the right front fender of the other vehicle hit her left rear side again and caused her to lose control. Megan's car fishtailed back and forth across the narrow road and then went over the steep embankment .

Author : Jerry L. Haynes
Publisher : Word Association Publishers
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781595717696

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The old adage says ¿A watched pot never boils¿, but I feel there are also times when ¿An unwatched pot always boils over¿. Such was the case in Carroll County, Virginia at the turn of the twentieth century. By 1900 the water was simmering between the mostly Democratic Allens and the Republican led court system. Cries of illegalities from the Allens against the court officials were met with claims of Allen bullying that led to unfulfilled jail sentences. Heat was turned up in 1911 when nephews of the Allens were involved in a fight that ordinarily would have been interpreted as ¿boys being boys¿. Instead numerous charges were brought against the nephews, while no charges were brought by the parties that initiated the skirmish. The water reached a boiling point when the nephews were extradited in a manner in which the Allens felt was improper. New charges of interfering with the duties of an officer then resulted in numerous charges against the Allen men themselves. Although the Allens, and the court officials, had been in hot water before, it took a March day in 1912 for the pot to boil over and become what will forever be known as ¿The Carroll County Shootout¿. This is the story of the aftermath of that shooting. Follow Jeremiah Haynes, a Richmond journalist, as he comes to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to ¿find the truth,¿ a truth that no one wanted told.

Author : Phillip Andrew Gibbs
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439678411

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Murder and Mountain Justice in the Moonshine Capital of the World by Phillip Andrew Gibbs Pdf

A Story of Hard Spirits and Defiant Souls Franklin County, Virginia has long been known as the Moonshine Capital of the World. That history can seem romantic, but the county has a dark and violent past. The descendants of the Scots-Irish who settled its rugged mountains openly defied the law and employed their own notions of justice to defend their traditions and livelihood. During Prohibition, the production of moonshine skyrocketed, but the liquor didn't stop flowing from the mountains when the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed. County and state officials struggled to maintain order in a region where unsolved murders, strange disappearances, and senseless killings were a way of life. The peak came in 1978, with nine murders linked to moonshine and drugs in the county. Historian and Virginia native Phillip Andrew Gibbs tells story of that horrific year and the history behind it.

Author : Tricia Shapiro
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781849350235

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Mountain Justice by Tricia Shapiro Pdf

"Shapiro is one of the few writers on this subject that actually understands the strategy, the tactics, and the internal politics of a dynamic and growing movement. This is environmental journalism at it best."—Mike Roselle, Earth First! founder and author of Tree Spiker Mountaintop removal (MTR) does exactly what it says: a mountaintop is stripped of trees, blown to bits with explosives, then pushed aside by giant equipment—all to expose a layer of coal to be mined. Hundreds of thousands of acres of ancient forested mountains have been "removed" this way and will never again support the biologically rich and diverse forest and stream communities that evolved there over millions of years—all to support our flawed national energy policy. Mountain Justice tells a terrific set of firsthand stories about living with MTR and offers on-the-scene—and behind-the-scenes—reporting of what people are doing to try to stop it. Tricia Shapiro lets the victims of mountaintop removal and their allies tell their own stories, allowing moments of quiet dignity and righteous indignation to share center stage. Includes coverage of the sharp escalation of anti-MTR civil disobedience, with more than 130 arrests in West Virginia alone during the first year of the Obama administration. Tricia Shapiro has been closely following and writing about efforts to end large-scale strip mining for coal in Appalachia since 2004. She now lives on a remote mountain homestead in western North Carolina, near the Tennessee border.

Author : Laura Nader
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804718105

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Harmony Ideology by Laura Nader Pdf

The Zapotec observe that 'a bad compromise is better than a good fight'. Why? This study of the legal system of the Zapotec village of Talea suggests that compromise and, more generally, harmony are strategies used by colonized groups to protect themselves from encroaching powerholders or strategies the colonizers use to defend themselves against organized subordinates. Harmony models are present, despite great organizational and cultural differences, in many parts of the world. However, the basic components of harmony ideology are the same everywhere: an emphasis on conciliation, recognition that resolution of conflict is inherently good and that its reverse - continued conflict or controversy - is bad, a view of harmonious behaviour as more civilized than disputing behaviour, the belief that consensus is of greater survival value than controversy. The book's central thesis is that harmony ideology in Talea today is both a product of nearly 500 years of colonial encounter and a strategy for resisting the state's political and cultural hegemony.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1060 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050426340

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Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2007 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Martha W. Hiden
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Counties
ISBN : 9780806350639

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How Justice Grew by Martha W. Hiden Pdf

This is a highly regarded account of the formation of the 173 present-day and extinct counties of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Commencing with the incorporation in 1617 of the first four parishes of the Virginia Colony, James City, Charles City, Henrico and Elizabeth City, and concluding with the formation of Dickenson County in 1880 from portions of Russell, Wise and Buchanan counties, this marvelously compact book accounts for the beginnings and alterations of each and every county in Virginia, as well as those Virginia counties now found in the states of West Virginia and Kentucky. Mrs. Hiden, whose engaging narrative of Virginia boundary changes commands the reader's attention throughout, describes the historical factors leading to the formation of new counties, such as the spread of population, military and other territorial expansion, and the role of politics and the law; explains how the counties were named (as in the case of Princess Anne, which was named for the second daughter of King James II); and outlines the new boundary lines themselves. For the convenience of the researcher, at the back of the volume are a series of charts showing the progression of county formation, an alphabetical list of Virginia counties keyed to the charts, a subject index, and a map of Colonial Virginia.

Author : Melanie S. Morrison
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822371670

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Murder on Shades Mountain by Melanie S. Morrison Pdf

One August night in 1931, on a secluded mountain ridge overlooking Birmingham, Alabama, three young white women were brutally attacked. The sole survivor, Nell Williams, age eighteen, said a black man had held the women captive for four hours before shooting them and disappearing into the woods. That same night, a reign of terror was unleashed on Birmingham's black community: black businesses were set ablaze, posses of armed white men roamed the streets, and dozens of black men were arrested in the largest manhunt in Jefferson County history. Weeks later, Nell identified Willie Peterson as the attacker who killed her sister Augusta and their friend Jennie Wood. With the exception of being black, Peterson bore little resemblance to the description Nell gave the police. An all-white jury convicted Peterson of murder and sentenced him to death. In Murder on Shades Mountain Melanie S. Morrison tells the gripping and tragic story of the attack and its aftermath—events that shook Birmingham to its core. Having first heard the story from her father—who dated Nell's youngest sister when he was a teenager—Morrison scoured the historical archives and documented the black-led campaigns that sought to overturn Peterson's unjust conviction, spearheaded by the NAACP and the Communist Party. The travesty of justice suffered by Peterson reveals how the judicial system could function as a lynch mob in the Jim Crow South. Murder on Shades Mountain also sheds new light on the struggle for justice in Depression-era Birmingham. This riveting narrative is a testament to the courageous predecessors of present-day movements that demand an end to racial profiling, police brutality, and the criminalization of black men.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000020337506

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Indian Tribal Justice Act by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Author : Texas. Secretary of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1430 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Texas
ISBN : UCAL:B2999002

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Biennial Report by Texas. Secretary of State Pdf

Author : Martha Woodroof Hiden
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465522153

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How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties by Martha Woodroof Hiden Pdf

Author : National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. Statistics Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : UCAL:B4443157

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Criminal Justice Agencies in [each State of the United States] 1971 by National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. Statistics Division Pdf

Author : Nathan Bills
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646020690

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A Theology of Justice in Exodus by Nathan Bills Pdf

This book traces the theme of justice throughout the narrative of Exodus in order to explicate how yhwh’s reclamation of Israel for service-worship reveals a distinct theological ethic of justice grounded in yhwh’s character and Israel’s calling within yhwh’s creational agenda. Adopting a synchronic, text-immanent interpretive strategy that focuses on canonical and inner-biblical connections, Nathan Bills identifies two overlapping motifs that illuminate the theme of justice in Exodus. First, Bills considers the importance of Israel’s creation traditions for grounding Exodus’s theology of justice. Reading Exodus against the backdrop of creation theology and as a continuation of the plot of Genesis, Bills shows that the ethical disposition of justice imprinted on Israel in Exodus is an application of yhwh’s creational agenda of justice. Second, Bills identifies an educational agenda woven throughout the text. The narrative gives heightened attention to the way yhwh catechizes Israel in what it means to be the particular beneficiary and creational emissary of yhwh’s justice. These interpretative lenses of creation theology and pedagogy help to explain why Israel’s salvation and shaping embody a programmatic applicability of yhwh’s justice for the wider world. This volume will be of substantial interest to divinity students and religious professionals interested in the themes of exodus, exile, and return.

Author : Roger E. Hartley
Publisher : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 1931202362

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Alternative Dispute Resolution in Civil Justice Systems by Roger E. Hartley Pdf

Hartley examines the introduction of alternative dispute resolution (e.g., mediation) in a court system in Georgia. Attorneys supported the introduction of mediation to consolidate control of the legal process and to add it to their practices. They also used mediation to settle some cases more quickly. Mediation gave judges flexibility to weed out minor cases and process others more quickly. However, these changes were not so great as to put a dent in settlement or trial rates, and Hartley concludes that while changes in court procedures have effects, researchers need to examine the behavior of actors in depth in order to discover these effects.

Author : David E. Newton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9798216080466

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Environmental Justice by David E. Newton Pdf

Environmental Justice: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition offers a current overview of the environmental inequities faced by poor and minority communities and the development of the grassroots movement working to address them. Building on the original edition's focus on the link between social inequalities and the uneven distribution of environmental hazards in the air, water, and soil, Environmental Justice: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition presents a contemporary look at the convergence of the environmental movement and civil rights activism. Environmental Justice, Second Edition follows the rise and maturation of the movement focused on environmental racism, describes solutions that have been implemented, and examines issues that remain unresolved. The book offers a wealth of new data and information, particularly in its expanded coverage of environmental disparities in developing countries and its rich bibliography of print and online resources.