This issue of the Kentucky Bar
Association's Bench & Bar was
published in the month of January.
Communications &
Publications Committee
Frances Catron Cadle, Chair, Lexington
Paul Alley, Florence
Elizabeth M. Bass, Lexington
Zachary M.A. Becker, Frankfort
James P. Dady, Bellevue
Judith D. Fischer, Louisville
Cathy W. Franck, Crestwood
William R. Garmer, Lexington
P. Franklin Heaberlin, Prestonsburg
Judith B. Hoge, Louisville
Bernadette Z. Leveridge, Jamestown
Theodore T. Myre, Jr., Louisville
Eileen M. O'Brien, Lexington
Richard M. Rawdon, Jr., Georgetown
Sandra J. Reeves, Corbin
E.P. Barlow Ropp, Glasgow
R. Kelley Rosenbaum, Lexington
Gerald R. Toner, Louisville
Sadhna True, Lexington
Michele M. Whittington, Frankfort
Publisher
John D. Meyers
Editor
Frances Catron Cadle
Managing Editor
Shannon H. Roberts
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Corrections
7
Can a beast as multi-headed and relentless as
Corrections be tamed?
By Secretary J. Michael Brown
11
Juvenile Justice Reform: More Bang for the Buck
By Judge Robert Wiederstein
17
Three Strikes and You're Safe:
How Kentucky's New Sentencing Policy Lets Repeat
Offenders Avoid the Grand Slammer
By John J. Balenovich
Columns
3 President's Page By W. Douglas Myers
4 YLD By Jackie Sue Wright
23 Effective Legal Writing By Judith Fischer
Items of Interest
22
2013 Annual Convention Overview
22
Introduction of Bench & Bar Flipbook
24
2013 February Bar Applicant Names
25
Judicial Nominating Commission Results
28
Order Amending Rules of the Supreme Court (SCR)
29
In Memoriam
30
Kentucky Bar News
36
Kentucky Bar Foundation/IOLTA Thank You
37
KYLAP News
39
Who, What, When & Where
51
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