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Gideon?s turning in his grave
Posted on September 03, 2008From the very same state that gave us Gideon v. Wainwright comes the news that their public defender system is in dire straits. A judge in Miami ruled today that the public defender system is so overburdened and crushed by caseload that they can stop accepting some cases until the situation improves...
Nice try
Posted on September 03, 2008An officer suspended for having sex with a prostitute claims that it was part of his job and he didn’t enjoy it. Right.
Liveblogging Raising The Bar (updated)
Posted on September 01, 2008Update: Seth Abramson has 10 questions for David Feige and I sign on to all of them. 10:17pm: So Raising the Bar is on TNT… It’s a little hard to watch, I’ll be honest. I’ve cringed a few times already. Hopefully it will get better...
A question
Posted on August 31, 2008Can one oppose gay marriage and/or civil unions and still claim to have “good friends” who are gay? Or perhaps the question should be: would someone who is gay be “good friends” with someone who opposes gay marriage and/or civil unions? It’s not like having friends who refuse to be fuel efficient, while you drive a [...
Do you know what a dojo is?
Posted on August 30, 2008Someone somewhere compiled a video of some funny karate kicks. Here they are. I’m sad to say that the list is populated by Jean-Claude Van Damme and does not feature either Chuck Norris or Steven Seagal. Still, some karate is better than no karate on a Saturday afternoon.
Stop. You have reached the end of the internet
Posted on August 29, 2008Well, not really, but you will be cut off if you’re a Comcast customer and you use more than 250gb of bandwith per month. This means that almost no normal user will have a problem. Except, of course, Scott Greenfield, who uses about 3 trillion GB of bandwith everyday...
Do you gamble?
Posted on August 28, 2008The Texas Tornado, by way of the two Justices (Blonde and Western) writes about (what he might as well trademark) the NLS (Nasty Little Surprise©) strategy and tactic. The question is simply why a criminal defense lawyer would not share exculpatory information before trial with the Government...
Raising the Bar
Posted on August 28, 2008You’ve probably heard by now that Steven Bochco and David Feige’s Raising the Bar premieres on Monday at 10pm on TNT. It stars Zack Morris as a public defender and Malcolm’s mom as a crazy judge (who, thankfully, doesn’t seem to yell as much in this new role)...
Dear jackass
Posted on August 27, 2008To you in the not-to-be-disclosed-color car, who drove about 2 inches behind my car on the highway this afternoon: driving that close does not scare me and it will not make me change lanes. What it will do, is make me want to slam on my brakes really hard...
Just a little guilty
Posted on August 27, 2008Due to unforeseen commitments, I’ve missed out on a great discussion in the blawgosphere between Scott, Scott, KFPL, Jr., Scott again and then KFPL, Jr. again on the presumption of innocence, actual innocence and not guilt and whether juries should be given that third option of finding a defendant “innocent”...
Legal fictions: collateral consequences edition
Posted on August 26, 2008Back in the day, I posted about two different legal fictions: rehabilitation during voir dire and the difference between the standard of proof in trials and VOP hearings. Here’s another that’s been stuck in my craw for a week or so now: collateral consequences that really are direct consequences but no court will acknowledge that...
Doin? time on the outside
Posted on August 19, 2008Julie Amero, still stuck in legal limbo-land, 432 days later. Rick Green wants to make some noise. H/T Karoli. There’s a petition for those who might be so inclined. ShareThis
Must prisons be so confining?
Posted on August 19, 2008Stuck in the waiting area of a local Level 4 prison yesterday, awaiting the arrival of a client, my investigator and I got talking about prison cells. So we decided to map out the size of a standard prison cell in the waiting area where we were. We used 80 square feet as an average size [...
Monday Morning Jumpstart: It?s Aliiiive!
Posted on August 18, 2008aaargh! It lives!!! Yes folks, believe it or not, the Jumpstart is alive! After spending three weeks in the infirmary, the Jumpstart has made it through. There were times when it seemed like there was no hope and the plug needed to be pulled, but every time that happened, poor old Jumpstart’s heart would beat a [...
Improving access to post-conviction DNA testing
Posted on August 14, 2008The Justice Project has a new policy review on this subject. I haven’t read it yet, but I thought I’d pass it along. ShareThis
Want to reduce crime? In by nine!
Posted on August 14, 2008Hartford’s struggling. There’s no doubt about it. No matter what the police and city government try to do, it seems as though every week there’s more violence. Now, after last weekend’s shootings in which one was killed and 7 were injured - mostly children - the city has decided to try a new tactic: a [...
CA bans uncorroborated jailhouse testimony
Posted on August 13, 2008Uncorroborated testimony in criminal cases has always been a source of problems and worries. Think about it - you, as the jury, are being asked to believe one person over another, based solely on the tightly controlled testimony presented in court. It amazes me, and I know Miranda agrees, that any jury actually convicts based [...
Sloppy DNA work not unique to US
Posted on August 13, 2008Australia to review 7,000 cases to check DNA evidence because of testing error in one. ShareThis
Jailbait
Posted on August 12, 2008Anyone here think that if you made it with any of the Chinese female gymnasts, you wouldn’t be guilty of stat. rape (in a jurisdiction where the age of consent is 16)? I didn’t think so. They’re as sixteen as my middle aged beard. ShareThis
Fuzzy math
Posted on August 12, 2008If you’re a sports fan - or just a fan of humor, you need to be reading FireJoeMorgan. Here’s the latest laugh out loud post: After defeating the guys on the other side again, the ball rolls up to Kerri [Walsh]’s feet. As if to rub it in their faces, she says: “Best seven out of [...
More macho police moments
Posted on August 12, 2008Caught on tape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUPfhPq1EBw ShareThis
The secret to winning: Gideon-style
Posted on August 10, 2008Congratulations! You have won an iPhone! Click here! A while back, Scott the Greenfield ragged on Gerry Spence for offering some “sage” advice about winning: credibility and lack of thinking (It’s not as stupid as the Greenfield makes it sound, but I see his point)...
Judge for a day - part next
Posted on August 10, 2008Just read a sentencing story today that I thought would make a good example for the next edition of “Judge for a Day!” Defendant is charged with two counts of second degree robbery and four counts of third degree burglary. He robbed two Subway stores, making off with $1062 total...
What does ?regularly? mean?
Posted on August 07, 2008Sex offender probation again. It doesn’t stop bothering me and it shouldn’t stop bothering you either. One of the standard conditions of sex offender probation is the requirement that the probationer not go within 1-2,000 feet of a park, school, playground, library, etc (the so-called “residency restrictions“)...
Press shield law to get its first test
Posted on August 06, 2008The “dinnertime bandit” (by the way, how quaint. Is anyone called a bandit anymore? All I hear is “criminal” and “thug” and this “bandit” was anything but) prosecution has already seen some interesting lawyering: the eyewitness ID was ruled inadmissible, because of a faulty array; something about the kidnapping charge in light of State v...
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I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...
Does a Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge a secured mortgage loan?
Yes if you file they cannot sue you to the knowledge I know. My brother is in re...
How to prevent an arrest from appearing in the local newspaper?
Dont know the law in Minnesota but in most jurisdictions an arrest is a matter o...
When there is a very high level of abuse in which nursing home patient died, neglect from her nurse is mediation good for this or is a jury trial more apropriate?
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