Criminal Defense

When the story of the inexperienced Joseph Rakofsky and his representation in a murder case hit the internet, the divide between real lawye...

Two days ago death row exoneree John Thompson's chilling summary of his life as a "guilty" man appeared in the New York Times...

The broader question is whether federal trial courts will be required, for roughly the next five years, to perpetuate a congressionally reco...

It finally happened. The lying that has become marketing was brought to light in the story of an "experienced" criminal defense l...

"The proposal is designed to help prevent wrongful convictions, but is opposed by the law enforcement lobby.” That's a real quote. ...

There's a proposal in the Florida Legislature to lower judicial pay by 8%. Combined with pension reductions, judges are looking at about...

I did it. Turned off the blackberry for a week - 7 days. The goal - to see how many emails I receive in a week, and to see whether I would r...

To no one's surprise, Florida's Cabinet voted 4-0 to (go back to the stone age) reverse the advances made in restoration of civil r...

Today Florida's Executive Clemency Board will vote to repeal former Governor Crist's granting of automatic restoration of civil righ...

You don't know Melvin Richardson. Google will tell you nothing about him, he's not on twitter, and he wouldn't draw a crowd at a...

Can't remember the magazine, Men's Health maybe? GQ? I saw the editor recently wrote his column about Charlie Sheen and called it ...

As state legislatures prepare to begin their 2011 sessions, one thing is clear - state employees are going to get screwed. Actually, anyone ...

Although I now can't remember the name, when I was a young lawyer I remember seeing a crowd outside a misdemeanor courtroom. I walked up...

Anyone following the advances in technology today cannot avoid the notion that the iPad is the future. Yes, the iPad is the future much like...

When I first got a Blackberry, my father asked why I would want to "be in touch" all the time, why I would want people to be able ...

A South Florida businessman has racked up some impressive donations to the community. According to the Miami Herald, he's donated tens o...

I hesitated to write about this, not wanting to engage the "yeah, shut up, you hate cops," ignorant crowd, but here goes. Yesterda...

A 47 year old Texas man, husband and father of two young children, steps on an airplane and goes from 37,000 feet to the bottom of the Atlan...