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Indefensible

The intermittent musings of a pedantic public defender
By David Feige

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Last Entry: March 08, 2011 at 14:03:00

Is Judge Alemán an "Evil Unfair Witch" and is it wrong to say it?

Posted on December 21, 2007
So one thing is very clear. A lot of people don't like Broward Circuit Judge Cheryl Alemán. Her temper and tempermemnt have been the subject of so many complaints that she is now essentially on trial as a result.Witch Judge?Now a strange side note to this whole thing is that one of the lawyers who complained about her, now may lose his license for a blog entry he wrote...

Bye Bye!

Posted on December 18, 2007
Two inmates tweak warden by leaving a holiday note in the cell after escape.

Bronx Bomb--New Courthouse Unfit for Use

Posted on December 17, 2007
As usual, it wasn't the community, nor the interests of Bronx residents that stopped today's move into the new Bronx hall of Justice. Instead it was some Bronx Supreme Court clerks and judges who halted the process.And so goes the half a billion dollar boondoggle designed to streamline the incarceration of ever more poor Bronx residents...

Comedy Writers are Funny...

Posted on December 12, 2007
Among the funny WGA strike related things isthis Zagat-Style Guide To WGA Picketing Hit tip to the dazzling Nikki Finke.

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Excellent News on Retroactivity

Posted on December 11, 2007
The US Sentencing Commission finally make crack reductions retroactive!

Vick Gets 23 Months, Black 6.5 Years

Posted on December 11, 2007
Michael Vickgot 23 months and a lecture today for dog fighting while Conrad Black got 6 1/2 years for his role in a multi-million dollar fraud. It was the same day the Supreme Court loosened the reins on federal judges, allowing them much broader discretion to sentence defendants to below guideline numbers...

'Loony' lawyer in a Bronx courtroom

Posted on December 08, 2007
Yes indeed, according to the New York Daily News, Mark Brenner, the guy who sued me for saying he once kicked a client in open court "has been barred from taking any court-appointed work" Why? Because he kicked the client.What I find amazing about this is that according to Brenner's lawyer the disciplinary committee investigated and cleared him...

On the picket lines...

Posted on December 08, 2007

Finally a Window into what Really Happens...

Posted on December 07, 2007
Recorded on a Suspect?s Hidden MP3 Player, a Bronx Detective Faces 12 Perjury Charges Wow, a lying cop? A Bronx detective who falsely testifies about an interrogation? Say it isn't so!This is the kind of story that should be required reading for manhattan jurors.

New Time for New Orleans?

Posted on December 05, 2007
Not if the judges there can help it. The stuff that's going on down there is absolutely unbelievable. Judges, used to doling out attorney assignments as patronage are getting pissy with the public defenders who have gone down there to try to fix the atrocious system...