Defending Innocent People
A large number — no doubt many people — arrested by the police are guilty. Often enough, they’re even actually guilty of the crime for which they have been arrested. No matter how much of a true...
View ArticleTo Serve & Protect
One has to wonder about the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association. They’re either incredibly stupid, incredibly mean, or they just don’t like being criminal defense lawyers. Or maybe they just...
View ArticleThe Jury & The Adversarial System
Yesterday, a friend and I were working in my office — yes, we knew it was Sunday; no, our clocks didn’t spring all the way forward to Monday — and towards the end of our day, she told me about the...
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You Say You Want An Explanation
You say you want an explanation Well, you know… We all want to understand. You tell me that it’s only fair Well, you know… We all think that’s only right. But when you talk about the justice system...
View ArticleNothing But The Facts
One of my favorite bloggers, Houston DWI attorney Paul B. Kennedy, writes “What twisted webs we weave” over at The Defense Rests today. At first, I thought it was going to be another Rakofsky post,...
View ArticleHypocrisy in the Colosseum
I haven’t written much about the criminal law case that’s been scintillating — and then enraging — others around the country, the Casey Anthony case. In the beginning, it was a combination of being too...
View ArticleBlithely We Go
In 2008, Edward Robb Ellis’s, A Diary of the Century: Tales from America’s Greatest Diarist, was published. In it, the retired journalist chronicled his life from 1927 to 1995, keeping track of what...
View ArticleA Jury of His Pears
No, that’s not a typo in the title. I’m paying homage to the Fresno Bee’s latest story about “juror misconduct.” Frankly, I’m grateful that Pablo Lopez is a Fresno Bee reporter, and not a judge,...
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Coronavirus and the Garden of Earthly Delights
My favorite hobbies involve creating things. I bake sourdough breads, and have been creating my own recipes since long before coronavirus hit. I build things out of wood. That’s a more recent hobby,...
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