Are You Going to Heaven?

Are You Going to Heaven?

Two people die every second...
What if your next second is your last?

The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” We’ve all done wrong, whether people know about it or not; but God knows! The beauty is he longs to forgive. Justin is a born-again Christian, and his ultimate passion, above all else, is to see people turn from the sin in their lives to the Savior—Jesus Christ—because the Lord is the only hope for humanity. He encourages you to watch this short video and explore the links below. God Bless!

Two people die every second...
What if your next second
is your last?

The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” We’ve all done wrong, whether people know about it or not; but God knows! The beauty is he longs to forgive. Justin’s ultimate passion, above all else, is to see people turn from the sin in their lives to the Savior—Jesus Christ—because the Lord is the only hope for humanity. He encourages you to watch this short video and explore the links below. God Bless!

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Heaven or Hell?

Good people go to Heaven. Would you consider yourself to be a good person?
Find out if you’re right.

Good Person Test

Got Questions?

The Bible has hope/answers to any and every question/concern you could ever
ask or wonder about.

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Need Prayer?

Do you need somebody to talk to, pray for you, or answer a question? Someone who cares will listen.

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Heaven or Hell?

Good people go to Heaven. Would you consider yourself to be a good person? Find out if you’re right.

Good Person Test

Got Questions?

The Bible has hope/answers to any and every question/concern you could ever ask or wonder about.

Ask a Question

Need Prayer?

Do you need somebody to talk to, pray for you, or answer a question? Someone who cares will listen.

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Cease and Desist Letters Result

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Other than one response that stated “not at this time,” the letters went unanswered. The next step was to file a legal action claim in Circuit Court.

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Any briefs, pleadings, or other documents and filings associated with the case are available to view by request. Please email contact@jbchp.org to submit an inquiry. The evidence exhibits from the case are available here.

Appellate Court Result

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Despite the claim being rooted solely in negligence relating to the refusal to remove articles containing inaccurate narratives despite contradictory evidence, the Appellate Court sadly still addressed the claim as though it were defamation and dismissed the suit on the grounds that the statute of limitations had run. The legal action argued that the statute of limitations began the first instance of refusal to remove the articles, not when they were first published, but the Appellate Court disagreed.

It is most telling, however, that neither court ever once affirmed that the “set of facts” or version of events portrayed in the media was accurate, with the Circuit Court even outrightly rejecting this premise (see Circuit Court Result). This is ironic because whether or not something is factual is all that should matter in journalism and in a court of law, but sadly, the case never got to the point where a potential jury could evaluate the evidence. Due to how the laws are set up, it is extremely difficult to succeed in legal action regarding media companies, but that doesn’t mean that people shouldn’t make the effort—attempts made to try and bring more accountability and transparency to an institution are never a bad thing. Since the next step would have been the Supreme Court, this is where the litigation phase ended, but Justin remains committed to attempting to get the articles removed through diligent, respectful communication attempts.

A river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – James N. Watkins

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Despite the fact that all that should matter in journalism is what’s actually true or false, it was still argued that what was true or false was not relevant—which was disheartening.

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Any briefs, pleadings, or other documents and filings associated with the case are available to view by request. Please email contact@jbchp.org to submit an inquiry. The evidence exhibits from the case are available here.

Circuit Court Result

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Big Win in Circuit Court

By God’s grace, Justin was able to defeat one of the attempted defenses. The attempt was to claim that there was no duty of care owed because nothing reported was false, but the Circuit Judge rejected this. He responded by implying that the news accounts were not the default set of facts as was being claimed. He instead asserted that what was true and what wasn’t hadn’t yet been established by the Court, thereby rejecting the defense altogether.

The Circuit Court, However, Ultimately Dismissed the Case

Overall, however, the Circuit Court unfortunately addressed Justin’s claim as though it were rooted in defamation when it was not. It was, in fact, rooted solely in the negligent act of refusing to remove articles containing inaccurate narratives after contradicting credible evidence had been shown. The Court also ruled that the statute of limitations had expired, but the initial act of refusal had, in fact, occurred within the statute of limitation time period (and it would have been extremely difficult to file while still on probation for a variety of reasons). The Court, incorrectly addressing the claim as defamation, set the statute of limitations all the way back to when the articles were first published. A prominent civil rights attorney that Justin knows initially agreed and felt that the law was misapplied.

Grounds for Appeal

Based on how U.S. law is set up, it is virtually impossible to be successful in legal action concerning the media as the accountability for journalistic institutions is vague and ambiguous under the guise of “Freedom of the Press.” To be fair, there are many who work in media who do their jobs with integrity and accountability, but there are certainly some who use surreptitious strategies to avoid legal liability. This might include slanting stories by intentionally leaving out inconvenient or politically incorrect facts, context, perspective, or proportion to give an incomplete story, which makes it very hard to be successful in a claim concerning their actions because they did not “break the law.” No defamation is committed, but the whole story is not told, so the story is not true. It is a gray area of law.

Despite a valiant effort and despite the big win of the judge actually rejecting one of the attempted defenses, the Circuit Court initially dismissed Justin’s case. This was cause for an appeal as he didn’t want to give up.

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Any briefs, pleadings, or other documents and filings associated with the case are available to view by request. Please email contact@jbchp.org to submit an inquiry. The evidence exhibits from the case are available here.