Criminal Defense

Any criminal defense lawyer knows that the typical defense presented in a pot case is "wasn't mine." That it wasn't mariju...

Plead Guilty. Yeah, no long analysis or "wait till the end of the post" type stuff. He's broken, his life a tragic tale of lie...

Andrew Cohen provides a great analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent prison overcrowding case of Brown v. Plata , a case that may ...

One thing I've noticed about judges, elected prosecutors and public defenders, and everyone else in the court system, including civil la...

When I began my career, I didn't remember much hearing about the "smell" of marijuana . I heard a lot about young black men ch...

The website "skateboard city forum," (which I won't link to because some of you will leave there dumber than you are now), con...

The more I hear about the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the more I feel like I'm listening to a press conference by the local chief on the...

Sixty comments. 60. I've never had 60 comments to a post. Yes, I'm talking about the last post, the one inspired by John Wait. I thr...

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 ...