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Judge M. Lane

And I think we've got to be treated with dignity as Americans, and that has to do with the educational process of people on the bench, lawyers, people in law enforcement and people that have to do with the system.
Judge M. Lane

But I always say this: I don't care where you get, if you don't remember a lot of folks helped you get there, you're nothing but a damned ingrate.
Judge M. Lane

But if somebody goes to a juvenile facility in lockup and then thereafter they become an adult, maybe they can then be transferred to an adult facility.
Judge M. Lane

But if you commit murder and you are competent, I think you ought to be prosecuted as an adult.
Judge M. Lane

But if you're saying, can judges do a better job? The answer is, you bet.
Judge M. Lane

But judges don't - should not go willy-nilly changing the rules of the game if they happen to like to do. If you do that, in my view, you have anarchy, you have no real sound principles that we all operate under.
Judge M. Lane

But the other side of that coin is some things, issues and cases, take consideration. There is no quick fix.
Judge M. Lane

However, when you hear somebody's case, they're entitled to two things: to believe that somebody's listening to the facts, trying to decide what the truth is, and applying the law applicable to that case.
Judge M. Lane

I believe that sometimes people have got to have their butts chewed and you've got to be rough on them.
Judge M. Lane

I don't call it my show, I call it our show. And it's a lot of fun to do.
Judge M. Lane

I think Judge Mathis is a good person. He's a friend of mine. And I assume he's a good judge.
Judge M. Lane

I think judges have some benign power, like to say that the lights have to be turned on, the county commission has to pay the bills so you can operate the court.
Judge M. Lane

I think some cases should be dismissed as being non meritorious or frivolous.
Judge M. Lane

I worked on weekends. I worked every weekend. We had some judges that worked weekends and some that didn't.
Judge M. Lane

I'll never forget where I came from and the folks that helped me, and I feel very, very fortunate.
Judge M. Lane

If you litigate, you're entitled to litigate and you're entitled to have the issues explored completely.
Judge M. Lane

If you run - if you give the gavel to a lawyer, they'll take it.
Judge M. Lane

If you've got a case that's due out or you have a trial starting Monday morning, and you haven't read the file, you haven't done the homework and done the research, you ought to be in there Saturday and if necessary Sunday. That goes with the territory.
Judge M. Lane

In the beginning, I don't think any juvenile of kinder years, of young age like that, should be in an adult facility. I think that is in and of itself criminal.
Judge M. Lane

Laws are changed all the time, but the legislature primarily makes the law.
Judge M. Lane

On the other hand, every now and again somebody deserves a pat on the back and some compliment and some encouragement. I think you've got to do that, too.
Judge M. Lane

The production is great, the producers do a heck of a job. And, yes, it's fun doing the work. In the course, the economic payback isn't too bad either.
Judge M. Lane

There are some judges that in my view do cross the line. They try to make up the law as they go along. Those judges, in my view, respectfully, do not honor their oath. Their oath is to construe the law and follow the law the legislature enacts.
Judge M. Lane

Well, I think you've get to get people on the bench, and the police and people in law enforcement to recognize that we're all Americans. We're not black Americans, white Americans, red Americans: We're all Americans.
Judge M. Lane

Well, I think, unfortunately, the application of the system sometimes is not fair. I think that's something that we have to work out - work at very, very, very hard.
Judge M. Lane

Well, I was a referee. I've since retired from that. I was a fighter and I took up refereeing as a hobby after I retired from being a competitive fighter. And see, I've got no nose.
Judge M. Lane

Well, in Nevada we do not have a juvenile jurisdiction. If you commit murder or attempted murder and you're a child, the juvenile court has no jurisdiction. You go right to adult court.
Judge M. Lane

Well, judges take offense to that if they're called an activist judge. But the fact of the matter is if the shoe fits, you've got to put it on. There are judges that do that.
Judge M. Lane

You've got to be big enough to say I was wrong, have your administrative assistant get the lawyers, get the litigants back in, and be big enough to go on the record and correct it.
Judge M. Lane


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