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
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Más Allá de Una Acusación Razonable
Hace unos años, escribí un post en el blog sobre La Presunción de Culpabilidad. El blog de Scott Greenfield encendió mi fuego aquel día. Y que me aspen si otro post de Simple Justice no lo reavivó. Y entonces, antes…
Beyond a Reasonable Accusation
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post on The Presumption of Guilt. Scott Greenfield’s blog sparked my fire that day. And I’ll be damned if another Simple Justice post didn’t rekindle it. And then, before I could finish…
Pretrial Release Denied
State and federal Constitutions make it illegal to keep someone in pretrial custody just because they cannot afford to pay for bail. Yet, for many, many years — at least all that I’ve been practicing criminal defense — instead of…
The SCCOTUS Crusades
For the second time in as many court days, what was formerly the United States Supreme Court, has reversed decades of legal precedent to reinforce Catholic doctrine. Thus, I propose that we no longer refer to that erstwhile court as…
Mass Shooters
A child is born. We don’t know what he — or she, but in the context of this article, the “he-child” matters more — will become. In America, we often say, anything is possible. He could become President! He could…
Losing Faith
Last week, a Washington Post article came my way. “Justice” Thomas laments the “declining respect for institutions and the rule of law.” People are losing faith.
In advance, I apologize for the number of “scare quotes” in this post, and…
Supreme Hypocrisy
Chief Justice Roberts has not been known as a bastion of Truth, Justice, or the American Way. He famously lied on numerous occasions about how the Supremes “work.” Today, though, the politically-powered court exposes its supreme hypocrisy for all to…
Demonizing the Defense
Without an ounce of self-recognition, the right howls at Biden’s a priori decision to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court.
Several Senate Republicans have told CNN they disagreed with the President’s decision to name a Black woman to…
I Had A Dream
A while back, I had a dream that involved a little school rivalry between towns. Imma sanitize it a little bit for purposes of this post.
The kids in my dream had taken to spray painting their school colors, and…