Criminal Law

Prosecutor seeks 3 years in prison for Wesley Snipes

Posted on April 16, 2008
I've said it before and I'll say it again: . Wesley Snipes is going in

Just too funny...

Posted on April 12, 2008
I know this is old, but I just came across it (thanks to blonde justice) and I couldn't help but re-post it.

A Must Read.

Posted on April 10, 2008
This piece is one of the finest bits of expository writing I've come across in a long time. It's an phenomenal times Op-Ed by Taylor Branch called The Last Wish of Martin Luther King. Just one little tidbit to get a taste of his delicious writing... "we have encased Dr...

Indefensible RIP

Posted on April 08, 2008
Remaindered at last...

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Sentence First Verdict Afterwards: Plea Coercion In Brooklyn

Posted on April 06, 2008
Michael Brick?s ambitious piece in today?s New York Times about the wide ranging narcotics prosecutions in the housing projects of Brooklyn omitted some important details which suggest that the ?historic conspiracy? referred to by the Brooklyn District Attorney?s office was not the series of drug transactions being prosecuted under the false flag of an overused conspiracy law, but rather one between Mr...

I'm a Philandering Blogger...

Posted on April 02, 2008
So in addition to posting my own thoughts about things here (where my personal reflections on writing, being in hollywood, and doing the show get a bit of air), and Huffington Post (Where I occasionally post random legal and other musings), I've been asked to participate in a very smarty-pants legal blog at Slate...

TNT spins out dynamite TV...

Posted on April 02, 2008
This from today's Los Angeles Times. It was the front page of the calendar section...

Hot off the presses?

Posted on March 25, 2008
Do me a favor: Compare Adam Liptak's article in the NYT Today in which he reports on Samuel R. Gross's upcoming rejoinder to Justice Scalia's opinion in Kanas v. Marsh, Gross.with this piece from the Boston Globe published in 2006 (by me). I think Professor Gross does some fine work, but the fact that his rejoinder is coming out now--literally years after Marquis's crap was published, and years after it was cited approvingly by Scalia--just confirms all my unfortunate feelings about the sclerotic nature of much of legal scholarship and almost all legal academic publishing.

RIP Popeyes

Posted on March 25, 2008
Loved that Chicken...The creator of one of my favorite restaurants died today--of cancer of the salivary gland. That seems fitting for the man who created Popeyes.

The Wire and Jury Nullification...

Posted on March 18, 2008
While the last episode of "The Wire" may not have wrapped up as many of the plotlines as some closure-loving commentators may have liked, the final act of the writers-captured not on screen but on the pages of Time Magazine-may represent the high water mark of a politically engaged Hollywood...

I spun the wheel

Posted on March 08, 2008
I was going to blog a bit about the astonishing stupidity of the ADA who picked the jury in the islander case, but instead I'll simply say: Tonight I spun the wheel on the Price is Right!Yes, that wheel.

"I can learn!" whines Wacko Judge

Posted on March 06, 2008
Remember wacky judge Cheryl Aleman? The one called an "Evil Unfair Witch" by Sean Conway? (Conway--a hero to readers like us-- also described her ?ugly, condescending attitude? and exposed how she forced lawyers to choose between unreasonable trial dates or waiving the right to a speedy trial...

Raising the Curtain on "Raising the Bar"

Posted on March 04, 2008
So according to this interesting article, TNT Plans Dramatic Increase in Original Programming, Setting the Stage for a Major Primetime Shift And guess who is right in the middle of that schedule... The article provides a cool overview of their thinking and overall plans...

All about parity...

Posted on February 26, 2008
Parity...So this is why the only proper way to insure funding for PD's offices is to pass a law (concomitant with the creation of any state-wide system) which requires PD funding to be directly correlated to the budget of prosecutor's offices. That way when the prosecution gets more money the defense gets more money...

Here we go...

Posted on February 26, 2008
Until a friend of mine forwarded this to me (thanks ANB) I had no idea it all looked so real. Better get back to work...

YouTube - Hearsay Exception

Posted on February 23, 2008

The Road to Perdition...

Posted on February 18, 2008
Seat 4D. That?s in the first class compartment. The one where you sip cocktails before take off. Where the nuts say ?Gourmet Nuts? on them, where a fabulously gay steward notices that you?re reading a script and is just dying to hear about your new project...

Gosh, what a shock!

Posted on February 16, 2008
A prosecutor who deleted a bunch of e-mails in violation of a subpoena, and whose other e-mail messages included endearments to his executive secretary, sexual and racist jokes and pornographic videos. It it really a shock that this jack-ass was not just a prosecutor, but a tough-talking militant guy who has incarcerated folks for a living since 1977? Just another disgrace to a generally disgraceful profession...

Busted...

Posted on February 08, 2008

An excellent Expose of Bush's Hardheartedness

Posted on February 04, 2008
It's a piece called Begging Bush?s Pardon which documents just how awful the administration has been on the compassionate part of conservatism--presidential pardons. A Pardon Notice from the Roosevelt Administration

How Likely Are Sex Offenders to Repeat Their Crimes?

Posted on February 01, 2008
Like many hysterical folks over the last few years, Fox News (like the Wall Street Journal) has said of child molesters, ?Not only are they almost certain to continue sexually abusing children, but some eventually kill their young victims.?As it turns out, the numbers don?t bear this out...

Kick at your peril...

Posted on January 24, 2008
On the day he took office, Jan. 14, State Representative Douglas Bruce, a Republican delivered a swift kick to the knee of a photographer for The Rocky Mountain News who was snapping his picture during a ceremonial prayer. Bad Idea.

Needle Threaded

Posted on January 23, 2008
We're a go!

Prosecutorial Misconduct

Posted on January 19, 2008
And yes, this is the sort of thing they do all the time.

Open Secret

Posted on January 18, 2008
Secret Service Agents Accuse One Another in Cheney Case

An Interesting Op-Ed

Posted on January 13, 2008
John Farmer, has written an interesting Op-Ed arguing for special terrorism courts. What is striking about his argument though is his candid recognition of how deeply terrorism cases have subverted the rule of law and undermined some bedrock principles of our justice system...

The Huffington Post

Posted on January 01, 2008
David Feige: Nifong, Gitmo and the Topless Undercover: The Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories of 2007

Nifong, Gitmo and the Topless Undercover: The Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories of 2007

Posted on January 01, 2008
If there is one truism about America it is this: we are obsessed with crime and punishment. Every lurid tragedy produces calls for tougher laws and harsher punishments and these days, when calamity strikes, someone goes to prison (except for #9 below)...

I'll show you mine if...

Posted on December 30, 2007
This astonishing story is a perfect coda to a year of awful criminal justice stories. It turns out that our bizarre sex obsession in not limited to posting cops in airport stalls to play footsie.These days, Columbus, Ohio is posting topless sunbathers in public parks to flirt with guys...

127 Striking Writers With Pilots Pending Write Xmas Letter To Hollywood Bigshots

Posted on December 25, 2007
127 Striking Writers With Pilots Pending Write Xmas Letter To Hollywood Bigshots

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