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Judge Judy Sheindlin, a former judge from New York, tackles actual, small claims cases with her no-nonsense attitude in which damages of no more than $5,000 can be awarded. Also by her side is bailiff Petri Hawkins-Byrd who keeps order in the court. After a case is closed, the defend...
Doom's death is an allusion to the Wicked Witch of the West's death in MGM's The Wizard of Oz, as they both melt while shouting, "I'm melting! Melting!" In addition, both have weaknesses in liquid. The Witch's demise comes from water while Judge Doom's demise is the Dip (...
Puppy Death Drama/Lightning Strike Strife!: Con Judy Sheindlin, Petri Hawkins Byrd. When a German Shepard puppy dies, the pet owners blame the breeder; a woman is sued by an air conditioner repairman.
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She is also in negotiations to host a “Judge Judy”-type television show. Scherer said that on the morning after the shooting, she had a premonition she would be assigned the case by the court’s computer system. Later that day, she got it. It was her first death penalty case, and ...
It was her first death penalty case, and some critics said she didn’t have enough experience to handle one of that complexity. On Thursday she said no other judge handling criminal cases in Broward County at that time had overseen a death penalty trial either. She had been...
Scherer said that on the morning after the shooting, she had a premonition she would be assigned the case by the court's computer system. Later that day, she got it. It was her first death penalty case, and some critics said she didn't have enough experience to handle one of...
Judge Judy claims former neighbor Justin Bieber used to be "scared to death" of her and took measures to avoid any potential run ins at their complex. The no-nonsense TV personality and former prosecutor, full name Judy Sheindlin, told Access in an interview published Monday that some of ...
The only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, Alice Walton inherited a huge portion of the company upon her father's death in 1992. A member of the richest non-royal family in the world, Walton has spent very little time working for the family business, instead focusing on curating artw...