Not Guilty by reason of a mental illness defense. All state in the U.S. have a statutory provision that allow a jury to find an accused person not guilty because of a mental illness insanity defense—even if the accused did the crime.
When a guilty person “gets off” like this it makes many of us upset or even …
Seriously, what’s the difference between the two? A writer and an NFL owner? We’re both trying to promote our products. Me=books. NFL onwers=ticket sales. 
As you may know, my home town of Minneapolis will host the 2018 Superbowl—in the winter. It’s often -20 degrees then. Anyway, back to writers. Here I am blogging and hoping that at some …
One of the greatest pleasures of being a writer is that I get to be snoopy! So when a former colleague of mine told me she was seriously into female body building, I got interested. In my book, Flashover, I have a character who is a strong female that I also decided would be a female body …
Local prosecutor, Pete Orput, in an effort to stop juvenile drug crimes in Minnesota, has made an unusual move: he’s charged a group of people with murder in the death of a teenager, Tara Fitzgerald, who died as the result of taking synthetic LSD. Can he win and convict all of the group? And how does he think …
Here in a small town in Minnesota, Byron Smith was found guilty of murder for killing two young people who broke into his home on Thanksgiving day last year. He claimed self defense because he has a right to defend himself in his home and use deadly force—even killing someone to protect himself. It’s sometimes called the Castle …
In Minnesota today, a man named Byron Smith is on trial for first degree murder of two young people that he shot and killed in his home. Will he be found Not Guilty because of Self Defense?http://www.startribune.com/local/256712781.html
I don’t think so.
Here are the basic facts: Byron Smith is an elderly man who lives alone in …
My third book is called, Flashover, which refers to a point in a fire when the gases are so hot they explode like a bomb and destroy anything in the vicinity. Obviously, it’s a dangerous situation for fire fighters and they avoid it at all costs. The book is about a serial arsonist/murderer who keeps setting newer …
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