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After a two year legal ordeal in which an Albany bar owner was accused of initiating a vicious assault on a Times Union food critic, a verdict of not guilty has been reached, states a person close to the case. The owner of the bar had been accused of setting up the assault because he was upset with the reviews that the food critic had given his establishment earlier that year. In October 2008, two men attacked and severely beat the reporter, and the incident was immediately linked with the owner of the bar.

According to the police, it was determined that even though the owner of the bar had been heard making threats and inflammatory remarks about the food critic after having had an altercation with him, the evidence was purely circumstantial and did not prove beyond a doubt that the bar owner set up the attack. The two brothers who carried out the vicious assault both avoided jail time. One of the men avoided jail time by cooperating with authorities in the case and the other man had his case thrown out after prosecutorial mistakes in the case were made.

The victim of the assault was understandably disappointed by the not guilty verdict, claims the same person, though he maintained that he had respect for the jury and for the difficult decisions that they were required to make. In an unrelated case, the bar owner recently plead guilty to failing to pay almost $200,000 in state sales tax, which could land him in prison anyway.

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When a marriage ends in divorce and there are children involved, very often there is animosity and resentment between the two parents as to who will retain custody of the children. Though the divorced couple may say that they are fighting to determine who will best care for the children, very often the parents engage in a power struggle to see who will come out the victor, and this can be tragic for the children involved and highly emotionally abusive and can result in a case of child endangerment.

For obvious reasons, it is always best to let the attorneys do the talking. At all costs, the parents who are fighting over custody of their children should refrain from discussing the custody case outside of the walls of a courtroom or a legal office, and they should never bring the issue up in front of the children themselves. Unfortunately, many people in our society try to take these delicate matters into their own hands, and the results can be devastating.

A California man fighting for custody of his children had to be tasered by police in a municipal parking lot outside of court offices after he and his ex-wife were seen arguing over the custody of their children; an argument which ended with the man assaulting his ex out with a punch to the face. Though scenarios like these can be avoided by taking the logistic approach and using legal counsel for support, people who choose to react with violence find that the game they were attempting to play and win in the first place is going to cost them their children and quite possibly their freedom.

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