Director, Steven Soderbergh’s new film about a pandemic in the U.S, Contagion, is opening this weekend. Since my book, Reprisal, is about a threatened small pox pandemic, I’m looking forward to seeing the film.
What is a pandemic?
When a contagious disease spreads unchecked across several countries, it’s called a pandemic. When that disease is …
With the anniversary of 9/11 coming up I find many people are interested in Muslims living in the United States. Some people are curious, others are worried. In the research for my book, Reprisal, I read biographies of American citizens who are Muslims and befriended several Muslim Americans in my own town, Minneapolis. I was amazed at …
Why would a criminal defendant choose to represent himself rather than have a lawyer?
The Constitution and the Supreme Court have given every accused person in the U.S. the right to be represented by a lawyer. If he can’t afford one, there is a public defender system in every state to provide lawyers.
In over thirty years working …
Many people I talk with assume that if a defense lawyer costs a lot, he can “get anyone off.” Maybe–
Let’s look at some more techniques that defense lawyers use to win in trial beyond what I’ve already posted:
2. Defense lawyers exploit the evidentiary problems of the prosecutor.
Let’s look at a case I tried several years …
I’ve posted about prosecutors and how they might win/lose cases but what about defense lawyers? Do defense lawyers have tricks or are they so good ts “misleading” the jury that they can win all the time?
It’s important to remember that a trial is not about proving innocence. At the end of a trial, the jury is instructed …
Last in a series–
Many people were astonished that Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her child. How could this happen when it appeared to people who followed the trial that she was obviously guilty?
I’ve posted four reasons previously and offer a couple more here:
Reason #5 The prosecutors are incompetent or distracted.
The best …
Last post I started to list the reasons why Casey Anthony may have been found not guilty by a jury. After more than 30 years working as both a prosecutor and defense lawyer, I have seen this happen before in trials.
The first two reasons can be:
1. The prosecutor must prove an accused guilty beyond a reasonable …
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