“If you’re charged with a crime and have enough money, you can hire a good lawyer, who’ll get you off.” True or False?
Answer: It depends! (Okay, I’ve been a lawyer for 30+ years) Here’s the best lawyer money can buy.
The idea that money can get you the best defense lawyer to get you out of trouble …
How many of you have served on jury duty and gone through the jury selection process?
Do you remember questions by the lawyers? Was it interesting? Probably boring?!!
Before a trial starts, several people are chosen from a pool of jurors. Those people will decide the outcome of the trial. But first, the group must be “whittled-down” to …
Over my lifetime, I’ve tried many jury trials—all criminal cases. After 30+ years, I’m so used to the process I over-looked something. It’s the biggest misunderstanding the public has about criminal trials–a trial in America today has nothing to do with innocence.
Most people assume that a jury will find the accused guilty or innocent (not guilty). Or …
When a lawyer represents an accused person, which choices are reserved for the lawyer and which ones for the client?
Of course, in any lawyer/client relationship the people involved will determine who makes the decisions. However, in criminal cases there are two main decisions that only the client can make—
1. The decision to plead guilty or to …
People constantly complain about the long delays in court proceedings—and it’s true. There are many reasons why this happens. But one of the biggest problems is there are too many cases and too few resources for people coming through the courts. What can we do?
In the largest, busiest counties there has been a break-through toward handling this …
So what can I possibly add to the national debate about CIA torture? I can compare it to the practices that local police departments use to get confessions from suspects. I think you’ll be surprised at the direction and history these practices can teach us in the international arena.
Do police still use rubber hoses to get people …
What really happened with the Grand Jury in Ferguson, MO? Unless you’ve missed all news in the past few days, you probably know that several months ago, a white cop,Officer Darren Wilson, shot and killed an unarmed black man named Michael Brown. After riots, sit-ins, violence, and hours of media time, a Grand Jury was called to review …
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