Is Knowing the Law Important?
As a former philosophy major turned criminal defense attorney and someone who is very interested in that quaint and ancient custom called “the rule of law,” I’m continually amazed at criminal defense...
View ArticleThe Crucible of Adversarial Testing
Albert Einstein once said: A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory. Experiments help us find the answers to problems. Experiments help us find...
View ArticleThe End of the Rule of Law
I’m not sure what’s more disturbing about this story: the vague report making it unclear for which crime the man was convicted, the argument of the prosecution and determination of the judge that he...
View ArticleA Proper “Medical Marijuana” Defense
I don’t often mention my cases online. I figure my clients deserve as much anonymity as I can give them, regardless of whether I win or lose. So you won’t find very many of my blog articles where I...
View ArticleLet’s Make a Deal: the Joy of the Old “In-and-Out”
I’ve said before that I hate plea bargains. I think they should be illegal. They have become little more than a bludgeon that puts too many innocent people in jail, or prison, and imprisons even too...
View ArticleOn Defending Real People; or, Not Losing Sight of the Trees for the Forest
As a criminal defense lawyer who also writes a blog, I struggle sometimes to maintain my sanity a level head. (Yeah, to be frank, I kept switching the struck-out clause with the final clause, and...
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