Haitian Court TV

We live next door to the Jacmel courthouse. And APPARENTLY people are allowed to sit and watch the cases. And APPARENTLY many people do. And APPARENTLY the spectators often weigh in vocally to voice their approval or disapproval of the situation. It can pretty, err... "spirited" over there. Nahomi's favorite pass-time during the afternoons (when she has some time off) is watching the cases. She calls it "fè jounalis" (being a journalist.)

And believe me. She ALWAYS has the story. Chak jou. (Every day.)

Lots o' domestic violence in Jacmel. Today there were trials of three different men accused of killing their wives.

The liveliest crowds so far have been a group of Haitian femenists picketing with pink signs, and the time a senator's brother was being held for election fraud.

So what do I mean by lively crowds? Well, it just means we keep our compound gate locked pretty much at all times and we've decided to look into getting our family a large dog. :)