Author: John Mitchel

In our last post OCGJ compared the transgressions and sentencing of rogue Athens County (Ohio) sheriff, Pat Kelly to another criminal, former Greene County Treasurer, James Schmidt.  After years of causing embarrassment to the political class, Kelly was prosecuted and...

Once in a while a political class insider takes a hard fall.   Today we’ll take a close look at fall guy number one, former Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly. Last week visiting Judge Patricia Cosgrove sentenced Kelly to 7 years...

We often hear about our “two tiered” justice system; one tier for the citizens and another for political class insiders.  Actually there’s a third tier carved out especially for adversaries of powerful elitists.  That third tier has two subgroups; whistleblowers...

There are four elements of a perfect crime; (1) motive, (2) opportunity, (3) the criminal act itself, and of course a crime wouldn’t be perfect unless the perpetrator escaped meaningful consequences; hence (4) the cover-up. If the definition of perfect...

Anything we do to reduce college suicides can’t be a bad move, but at the same time when our elected leaders pass a law like House Bill (HB) 28 that “seeks to stop college suicides,”(1) it’s fair for citizens to...