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MS Litigation Review & Commentary
New Details on Rankin County $3.3 million Verdict
The $3.3 million verdict in Rankin County last week is confirmed. It was an 18-wheeler case where a drunk truck driver ran a red light on highway 49 in Florence. The…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Fans talking like lawyers over Burress, Stallworth”
Main August 20, 2009"Fans talking like lawyers over Burress, Stallworth"The title of this article is the headline of this AP articlenoting that it is hard to avoid comparing the crimes…
Union County Criminal Lawyer Blog
Union County DWI Task Force & Kenilworth Initiating Crackdown
From August 21 through September 7, sobriety checkpoints will be conducted in Union County as part of the “Over the Limit – Under Arrest” campaign. The first roadblock has been…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NFL Commissioner “sentences” Donte Stallworth to a year without pay
Main August 13, 2009NFL Commissioner "sentences" Donte Stallworth to a year without payAs detailed in this New York Times article, Donte Stallworth has now been "sentenced" again for killing a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some innovative approaches to sentencing drunk drivers
Main July 30, 2009Some innovative approaches to sentencing drunk driversAt Grits for Breakfast, Scott Henson has this extended post on a new proposal being implemented in Harris County, Texas for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Drunk driver given the death penalty in China
Main July 24, 2009Drunk driver given the death penalty in ChinaMy students get tired of hearing me say that if America was really committed to the deterrence theory of the…
Austin DWI Lawyer
Do Prosecutors Trust The Intoxiliar 5000?
Well, Eric Dexheimer, on the Statesman’s Focal Point blog, actually asks the question “Do prosecutors walk the walk with DWI breath tests?”. The answer, of course, is usually a resounding…
Legal Profession Blog
“An Isolated Series Of Bad Choices”
An Arizona attorney who had been convicted of extreme DUI, leaving an accident scene and endangerment as a result of an accident with a motorcyclist was the subject of a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
MADD is mad about short Stallworth sentence
Main June 17, 2009MADD is mad about short Stallworth sentenceThis post from the New York Times' NFL blog has lots of interesting follow-up concerning the short prison term given to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NFL player gets very short jail term for drunk driving killing
Main June 16, 2009NFL player gets very short jail term for drunk driving killingThis updated article from the Miami Herald, headlined "Donte' Stallworth gets 1 month in jail, 2 years…