If you rent an apartment, or live in a multi-family housing complex — which seems to me would include a duplex-type set-up, or a condominium you own — your home is no longer your castle. At least not when it
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The Afterlife Bus
I was re-reading an entry from my personal journal — I haven’t written in some time, and was thinking of writing something today — and I realized, as I read it, that what I wrote well over a year ago
Parasites on the Bench
The other day, I wrote about courts taking “junk science” to a new level, by allowing testimony about Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome. CSAAS, I argued, is such piss-poor nonsense that it doesn’t even deserve the label “junk science.” A
CSAAS: Pseudoscience & Sexual Molestation
Let’s get right to it: CSAAS, or Child Sexual Assault Accommodation Syndrome, is such pure crap that it does not even deserve the label “junk science.” It is the pseudoscience of sexual molestation. It’s astrology disguised as valid psychological evidence.
Until It’s Your Turn
Everyone hates criminal defense lawyers, until they need one. Until it’s your turn to be accused — rightly, or wrongly, or just for more than you really did — most likely you do not understand why we even exist.
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Finding Humanity
Last month, I wrote the story of my client’s life, in what we call a “Mitigation Statement,” and helped the judge, and prosecutor, find humanity in her, and themselves. I “won” her case — which is to say that my
Pinocchio Cops
This may end up being one of the shortest Quick Looks I will ever post. This is because, beyond noting that nearly every cop is a Pinocchio Cop when it comes to writing reports, there’s not much to say.
Cops
Who are the Real Criminals?
If there is one thing that the American system of “justice” lacks, it is justice. Anyone looking at the system up-close — and who isn’t a sociopath — is forced to admit this. When you do look at how the system
Devious Dastardly Court Officers
Perhaps about two years ago, one of my cases was being moved from one courtroom to another. The DA in the second courtroom asked if I could go get the file from the first courtroom. I broke out laughing.
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The Name of the Game
So One of These Things is Just Like the Other?
Imagine that you were told that two things, which appear to be identical in structure, parts, and everything else — but were different in some minor way — actually belonged