The George Zimmerman trial in Florida where he is accused of Second Degree Murder for killing Trayvon Martin was about to go to the jury. The lawyers made their closing arguments and the next step would have been the judge reading the jury instructions to the jury. These are precise definitions of the law in the state of …
Many of you are following the murder trial of George Zimmerman in a Florida courtroom. He is accused of shooting and killing Trayvon Martin during a scuffle in a residential area. Martin was unarmed and Zimmerman was carrying a pistol. At first, it appeared to be an open-and-shut case of murder.
The news media has covered this story …
Okay. I thought two short posts about a mental illness defense in the James Holmes case in Colorado would be enough. But. . .NO! You may recall Mr. Holmes was the man who armed himself and walked into a theater in Colorado, opened fire, and killed several people. Originally, his lawyers had said he would plead not guilty …
The young man who entered a theater in Colorado and shot dozens of rounds as he walked through the building, killed 12 and wounded 58 others. James Holmes randomly shot at people as they ducked to save themselves. Of the 41 calls to 911, one of the scariest is the 27-second call where you can hear 30 shots …
After working for over 30 years in the criminal courts in Minnesota as both a prosecutor and Public Defender, I have some stories . . .
Those of us in the trenches often say, “you can’t make a reality TV show about this stuff–it’s too real. No one would believe it!” I’ve had several requests to tell the …
The BBC reported that after fourteen years, five suspected terrorists including Abu Hamza al-Masri, will finally be extradited to the United States. uk-19852506. The five are accused of plotting the bombing of a U.S. embassy in East Africa in 1998. Why did it take so long to get the courts to return him to U.S. jurisdiction? What …
In an excellent blog on The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-chaltain/empathy-for-a-killer_b_1702350.html?utm_hp_ref=james-holmes author Sam Chaltain dares to ask: Is it possible to feel empathy for a person capable of such senseless violence such as James Holmes?
Our usual, knee-jerk reaction is to categorize these kinds of people as psychopaths, aberrant, or crazy (whatever that means). Mr. Chaltain points out that the …
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