Criminal Defense

I've never written about a comment that someone wrote in response to one of my posts. Most of them are thoughtful disagreements that rai...

I just returned from Little Rock where my client took a plea in the largest computer theft indictment in U.S history. The victim was Acxiom...

To the "tough on crime" tunnel vision morons, Martin Lee Anderson was a boy who committed a crime and "oh well," died in...

I often wonder if judges think about their legacy. Sometimes I walk in a courtroom and it becomes clear to me that there are judges who coul...

Miami Federal District Court Judges Federico Moreno and Marcia Cooke, take a bow. ( I currently have no cases before either Judge.) You have...

I just found a great site out there for criminal defense attorneys. (Ok, I found it because they link to my blog - thanks guys!) It's t...

Fellow blogger David O. Markus has a great debate going on his highly acclaimed Southern District of Florida Blog on the issue of who shoul...

After a presentation on indigent defense the other day, a former President of The Florida Bar followed me outside to express his passionate ...

Two prominent lawyers in Miami are under investigation by the Justice Department in relation to the legality of fees they received from a no...

Confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito began yesterday. The word "abortion" came up I think 487 times. I lost count. Before ...

Memories of OJ are coming back. Every day - "What do you think about OJ?" Now? Same question, except about Jack Abramoff. Here...

Bronx Public Defender David Feige, whose book about the criminal justice system, "Indefensible," will be published in June, beat ...

Those who have not had too much egg nog this holiday season may know that there is a big to do about the National Security Administration (N...

The maximum penalty for contempt almost anywhere, including Dallas, Texas, is 6 months in jail. Walter Mann, spent an extra 9, for a total o...

The always-on-top-of-things DRUDGE REPORT picks up a story from the AP that a teenager has plead guilty to manslaughter after it was disco...

The New York Times reports that President Bush secretly lifted some limits on spying in the United States after 9/11 by secretly authorizin...

Wilton Dedge, once a convicted felon who served 22 years in prison, is today a millionaire, twice over. He could give a crap. He was innocen...

It's the same old story. Defendant convicted. Defendant proclaims innocence. Cops say right guy. Prosecutors say right guy. DNA says wro...

Stanley "Tookie" Williams will not be granted clemency. He will die for the crimes for which he has been convicted. On any Vegas s...

Right of the right-wing Congressman Tom DeLay......had a criminal defense lawyer get him off on a technicality. Fox News has the story here ...