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Piney Woods JusticeTodd Kassaw candidate for Angelina Co District JudgeIn a heated Republican race for the spot on the bench of the 159th District Court in Angelina County, Texas, you heard me interview Al Charanza. Now it's turn for his opponent, Todd Kassaw to tell you why he's the better choice! Make no mistake, they are both good men. However, they do come from different legal backgrounds. Mr. Charanza started his career in the JAG in the marines. Mr. Kassaw was a well-respected personal injury lawyer. Where they don't clash however, is over the devotion they both claim to bring to the bench if elected and their promise to ser...2022-02-2017 minPiney Woods JusticeAl Charanza for District JudgeA hot election is taking place in Angelina County to replace Paul White as the District Judge of the 159th District Court. The position presides over felony cases in the county including the worst of the worst - murder trials, as well as civil cases involving millions of dollars! Two men, both of upstanding moral turpitude and active contributors in the local community, are vying for the position. First we interview Al Charanza, a noted criminal defense attorney who has also handled a variety of cases both in private practice and in the Marine corp. Listen in to Al who...2022-01-2721 minPiney Woods JusticeKevin Dutton DA, Representing the Great Lone Star StateKevin Dutton shares the rewards and challenges of presiding as District Attorney over two east Texas counties, San Augustine and Sabine on the shores of Lake Sam Rayburn. From a tiny office run on a meager budget to a full- blown department, he shares some of the growing pains he's experienced over the years, including the effects two years of COVID have had on crime in his communities. This candid interview occurred literally as we stepped out of the courtroom during our lunch break from a full day in district court, hearing criminal arraignments and pleas. After many previous ep...2021-12-1526 min
Beauty In Strength14. Georgia Kimmey - A lawyers insight and perspective on family domestic violenceGeorgia has worked as a lawyer for up to 15 years and 11 of those years working really closely with family domestic violence. She has also spent 17 years in a drug court program where majority of the women suffered some form of childhood trauma growing up.
Georgia is going to be giving insight on what it's like to be faced with these problems on a day to day, the success and failures she's witnessed and what she believes to be working and not working within the systems.
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Connect with Darcia - Website: https://www.b...2021-09-2644 minPiney Woods JusticeFrom Darkness into Sunshine, Kayla May's storyThrough childhood sexual abuse to a step-dad who suffered a broken back working offshore and then dying of brain cancer, Kayla May has lived through seemingly unsurmountable tragedies. By escaping through drugs and older men, she found herself once again the victim of domestic violence and facing felony criminal charges. Kayla May discovered her peace, sobriety and a renewed faith in her Savior, in the sweet mentoring ladies of the Christian Women's Job Core Mosaic Program, and Judge White's Drug Court. Now you'll find her living her dream life in the countryside with horses, chickens, and even a pet pig...2021-06-161h 01Piney Woods JusticeIntroducing Sean Hightower, Texas Super LawyerMeet Sean Hightower. Sean was a member of the first graduating class of the brand new Texas A&M law school who came to practice law by way of a full ride debate scholarship to Stephen F. Austin State University which is where coincidentally (?) he returned to practice law with his long-time mentor, Tim James. The majority of his cases are first time DWIs with the college students. He learned passing out koozies at the tailgate parties on campus boosted his business! Sean has won many awards for his service but nothing beats receiving payment in the form of goat...2021-05-1819 minPiney Woods JusticeCrack ain't all it's cracked up to be! Chinta Spikes tells her storyAn old soul who's seen it all, Chinta Spikes doesn't sugarcoat her tale of early childhood abuse from her mother, including beatings with an extension cord that made her bleed. She went on to be involved in several marriages that only led to more abuse for her and her children. A mixture of crack, alcohol and marijuana took her down a dead end path of lying, cheating and even stealing from her own children until one day, soaked in urine with a knife at her throat, she begged God to save her, show her a better life and put he...2021-04-1542 minPiney Woods JusticeCriminals - Gotta Love 'Em! with Criminal Defense Attn Jim SquyresEvery defense attorney longs for that glory moment when he's cross-examining a key witness for the State, who admits on the stand, "Yes, I lied. I made it up 'cause I'm crazy!" and your client goes free! Jim shares these moments and many more. (He calls them "Matlock experiences) Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. That's when criminal law can prove very entertaining.He also reveals those cases, dear to his heart, that keep him going, loving his profession, the ones that motivate him to keep the good fight day after day assuring that he truly makes...2021-03-2453 minPiney Woods JusticeThe Psychology of Addiction with Brent TanksleyBrent Tanksley shares his own recovery journey as we explore the psychology of addiction. Brent is a well known substance abuse counselor, or as he likes to put it, a substance use disorder, counselor. He has worked with agencies such as the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of East Texas, which covers several counties. He has worked at the Cypress Residential Treatment Center in Woodville, TX, Brent opened his own men's sober house in Lufkin, TX, and is currently the Program Dir. at Hughes Counseling working with individuals referred from the courts, probation, child protective services or people who volu...2021-03-1250 minPiney Woods JusticeWas Valeria guilty?March 2020 Valeria, a 54 year old mentally ill African-American who pleads guilty to aggregated theft of over 1.3 million, is sentenced in Conroe, TX to 70 years in the Texas State Penitentiary. But was she really guilty? Due to repeated, heated arguments with her second attorney on the case, she desperately changed her plea to guilty the day before jury selection. The arguments continue as she files two grievances against him and he files two Motions to Withdraw. It's not until her sentencing hearing when an outburst in the middle of court convinces the Judge to dismiss Mr. LeGrand from representing Valeria. But i...2021-03-0227 min
Seven Figures: Smart Money Strategies for Women with Sandy Waters218. How we run our family budget with Chris and AudreyToday on the show:
Before we chat with married couple Chris and Audrey, we’ll start the show with our “No Dumb Questions” segment.
Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Author of Teachers Can Be Financially Fit economist Mark Schug aka Grandpa Mark is here to catch us up on everything money related that happened this month. Of course we start with Bitcoin. Everybody is talking about Bitcoin. So, should you jump in on this craze too?
Plus we break down the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan. How much of it is directly linked to COVID and which part of the plan is r...2021-02-2645 minPiney Woods JusticeQ & A Results "Ask me ANYTHING"This Episode I answered Kristy Waters' question about how to change a statute regarding liquor laws in her town of Lufkin, TX.What authority does the Federal Govt. have over Texas liquor laws?Why are so many counties in Texas different regarding their alcohol statutes?How can a regular citizen get a law changed?I also explain the meaning of commonly confused legal terms for someone charged with their first felony; words like: "Indicted" "Arraignment" "Discovery" "Voir Dire" and describe a scenario where the fictional Bryan, is stopped by law enforcement with dope in hi...2021-02-1740 minPiney Woods JusticeErika Gordon, inmate at the county jail waiting to be transported to prison21 years old and already lived more than enough for one lifetime. Erika was no stranger to the criminal justice system having been first detained at age 15 in 9th grade for stealing her Uncle's car and totaling it on the way to her boyfriend's house late at night. In and out of jail and rehabs, in-between Texas and Oregon from boyfriend to boyfriend, drug to drug, she managed to have a sweet baby girl of her own but couldn't hold on to her after being unsuccessfully discharged from the Angelina County Drug Court program and the Mantooth Womens Sober House in...2021-02-0458 minPiney Woods JusticeBrad Bell, from hunted criminal to substance abuse CounselorBrad has been counseling addicts for several years with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of East Texas (ADAC). He works with the Angelina County Probation Dept. as well as the 159th District Drug Court program. He's got an incredible story of his own that led him to a point in his life where he was released from prison, and had a choice. He could go back to his old lifestyle or start fresh and create a life of purpose with a mission to help others. He's been a sweet friend. You'll enjoy listening to his story. Hold on to you...2021-01-1836 minPiney Woods JusticeInterview with Dana Williams, Defense Attn extraordinaireDana Williams calls it as she sees it and that ain't always pretty. She's a defense attorney in Livingston, Texas, just north of Houston. Dana describes some of the unfair practices common in the criminal justice system and why it's so important to have an attorney who will fight for you. By the way, she's also the elected Chief Tribal Judge of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe just outside of Livingston and explains a little about that role. You'll love her perspective and sense of duty. She's a winner!2021-01-1332 min
Piney Woods JusticeInterview with Bubba Norman, Drug Court GraduateDrug Court is a program for defendants on felony probation. In Lufkin, Texas Judge Paul White started such a program sixteen years ago because he was tired of sending the same people to prison over and over just to see them reappear in his courtroom. 95% of all prison inmates who have a substance abuse problem will be right back in within two years of release UNLESS they do something to overcome that addiction. Edward, Bubba, Norman is one of those people who was tired after nineteen years of a meth habit had destroyed his marriage and caused him to los...2020-12-2919 min
Piney Woods JusticeInterview with Ryan Deaton, Attn. at LawRyan shares his personal stories of how he became a lawyer, what it's like practicing criminal and family law in East Texas and the surprising details of several of his most interesting cases: how he exonerated a young man from a theft charge when all the evidence pointed at him, and what happened in three of his famous capital murder jury trials. Check out his candid up-front look at practicing law. Trailer music provided by Texas singing & song writing award winner, Steven James and the Jaded.2020-12-221h 02