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What Would Atticus Have Done? 16 Jul 2013 | 04:34 pm
Hearing that the mob was going to storm the jail and lynch Tom Robinson, the fictional Atticus Finch stood at the doorway to block their entrance. Among criminal defense lawyers, Atticus Finch is reve...
Command Prompt 16 Jul 2013 | 03:22 pm
Radley Balko picks up yet another incredibly sad story borne of the inherent conflict between protect and serve out of Hillsborough County, Florida. From the Tampa Bay Times: Allen Daniel Hicks Sr.,...
Sound The Retreat 15 Jul 2013 | 02:32 pm
Remember when the word "wilding" was introduced into the general lexicon so that we would have a word to capture the "super-predator" gangs of youths who were intent on destroying society? It came ou...
Entropy: It's Not What It Used To Be* 14 Jul 2013 | 04:51 pm
In thermodynamics, entropy is the measure of how things go from order to disorder. Its application is far broader, however, applying to life in general. For those of us, like me, who strive to maintai...
Zimmerman: No Appeal From The Court of Public Opinion (Update) 14 Jul 2013 | 03:45 pm
George Zimmerman was acquitted on a Saturday night. Keyboards were pounded. Reporters reported. Pundits opined. And the jury in the court of public opinion rendered its verdict. Almost no criminal la...
Fighting Video with Video 14 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm
Sheriff's deputies in Clark County, Ohio, have been given dispensation to wear "pocket cameras" on the job. Not because someone decided it was a good idea for them to video their interactions with mem...
Officer Safety and Second Hand Smoke 13 Jul 2013 | 03:54 pm
Via John Wesley Hall at Fourth Amendment, a decision out of the 10th Circuit that puts an end to the pressing question of whether second hand smoke presents a sufficient justification to circumvent th...
Protip: Don't Screw With Old Folks 13 Jul 2013 | 03:21 pm
A squad of 18 deputies in Cook County were very aggressive in trying to collect money from deadbeat dads, using whatever methods they needed to bring these culprits to justice. When they put a gun to...
All Zimmerman or All Trayvon Martin 12 Jul 2013 | 03:18 pm
Many criminal defense lawyers studiously ignore cases that catch the public's attention. They just aren't that legally interesting, even if the facts or issues give rise to popular passion. And so it'...
The Day Tripper Dilemma 12 Jul 2013 | 02:54 pm
If I was hoping to court the legally-ignorant, politically conservative reader, yesterday would not have been a good day for me. While lawprof Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit, couldn't be bothered to lea...
