First, I want to say that, on average, I think public defenders are better attorneys than private attorneys. There are definitely some counties I could name where that is not true. (Fresno, though, has a most-excellent Public Defender Office, and
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CSAAS: Pseudociencia & Molestación Sexual
Vayamos al grano: CSAAS, o “Child Sexual Assault Accommodation Syndrome” (en inglés), es una mierda tan pura que ni siquiera merece la etiqueta “ciencia basura”. Es la pseudociencia del acoso sexual. Es astrología disfrazada de pruebas psicológicas válidas. Sus
Judges Judging Judges
The Daily Journal, a newspaper for the professedly-legal profession, reports that complaints about judges hit two records last year. I can’t link it, because it’s behind a paywall that even some attorneys cannot afford to pay.
Many of you know
The Tracks We Leave
My work is hard, but at least often-enough rewarding. I work at leaving good tracks as I walk with the people who have hired me.
And every path is different. Because every person is different. The charges against them and
Las Huellas Que Dejamos
Mi trabajo es duro, pero al menos a menudo gratificante. Trabajo para dejar buenas huellas al caminar con las personas que me han contratado. Porque las huellas que dejamos importan.
Y cada camino es diferente. Porque cada persona es diferente.
Another Exoneration
An article I was reading yesterday mentioned that from 1989 until the time the article was written in 2018, there were more than 2,000 exonerations. Aliza B. Kaplan and Janis C. Puracal, “It’s Not a Match: Why the Law Can’t
Deepfake Ethics
The Daily Journal is an erstwhile “newspaper” for attorneys who either have more money than G-d, or (like me) feel they have no choice but to go without necessary medications sometimes in order to pay for it.
That said, I
In Praise of Futile Fights
I arrive at the end of another year. Another year of futilely fighting for a true justice system. I fight not for the kind of system that requires scare quotes around the word “justice” — because we, and particularly our
Finding the Time to Care
Lately, my practice pins me between a rock and a hard place. Perhaps more accurately, it pins me between a rock and my clients. The consequences of this are often delays, and distractions, that make it harder to do what
Too Much Meta Data
Normally, I don’t blog about something that isn’t strictly related to criminal defense. However, a story in The Daily Journal caught my eye today partly because of claims that Meta — the parent company of Facebook — is accused of