Criminal Defense

In this month's Champion Magazine, NACDL President Marty Pinales takes to task politicians that used political ads in the last elect...

Talk about cyberspace! This story surely took off (chuckle chuckle). I trust Ms. Nowack didnt understand the gravity (get it? "gravity...

After practicing in this world of criminal defense for over a decade, I know the typical clues that indicate you are not getting the case. Y...

From the New York Times : The Justice Department is completing rules to allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by...

According to ZD Net : "The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innoc...

According to AP, the Pentagon has drafted a manual for upcoming detainee trials that would allow suspected terrorists to be convicted on hea...

Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer found naked in courthouse conference room...with 14 year old girl. Story here Look for updates on the n...

Gotta love this. The Attorney General who appealed the ruling, confessed to an extra-marital affair in '05. Read the story here Brian Ta...

According to the Drudge Report, Duke Rape Case Prosecutor ( I use that term VERY LIGHTLY) wants out of the case. He claims its due to a conf...

She changed her story AGAIN! Brian Tannebaum is a criminal defense attorney in Miami, Florida practicing in state and federal court. To lear...

A Colorado State Trial Judge conducted a study and the results are all the buzz around the criminal bar, on both sides, today. Read about it...

1. That every judge who takes the bench each morning hating their job, having "heard it all," and serving no purpose but to rubbe...

I hate to be profane, but are you f***in kidding me? Here's the headline from the News & Observer in North Carolina: Lab chief: Nif...

DNA testing conducted by a private lab in the Duke lacrosse rape case found genetic material from several males in the accuser's body an...

Within the last year Ellis Rubin represented a witness (picture above) in one of my cases. That was the only opportunity I had to meet and s...

From the AP: COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) -- A fed-up mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for allegedly rummaging through his great-gra...

Although I generally delete chain e-mails (especially those that ask me to send them to 5 people), I found this of interest: Scenario: Jack ...

After criticism of a slow investigation, yesterday, 7 guards and a nurse were arrested in Florida for aggravated manslaughter against a chil...

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for: 1. Families Against Minimum Mandatories ( FAMM ). A real organization, with real goals, and the most pr...

Big buzz about the newest member of Congress from Minnesota being a Muslim. He's also a criminal defense lawyer. Read about Representat...