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• New Jerseys School Violence Awareness Week Hopes to Curb Juvenile Crime

  
  New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog — Authority: 110
  A recent shorenewstoday.com story discusses the recent success of Oakcrest High School’s participation in New Jersey’s School Violence Awareness week from October 19-23, 2009. As one of many schools that took part in the state-wide awareness week, students found themselves listening to anti-violence discussions ...
  9 hours ago

• Knoxville Man Charged with Aggravated Animal Cruelty

  
  Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 123
  Nothing says “I am mad at you” like dragging someone’s defenseless dog behind your truck like an amateur water-skier. At least that was apparently the mindset of a Knoxville man who was arrested and charged with aggravated cruelty to animals after onlookers spotted him doing just that last Tuesday afternoon. One ...
  12 hours ago

• If You Press A Stone With Your Finger

  
  Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer — Authority: 459
  United States v. Ortega Reyna , 148 F.3d 540 (5th Circuit 1998) : After examining each piece of evidence from that perspective, we conclude that, like Newtons Third Law, for every inference of guilt that may be drawn from the evidence, there is an equal and opposite benign inference to be drawn. A beautiful turn ...
  1 day ago

• Prominent Las Vegas attorney died in car crash

  
  JusticeNewsFlash.com | Legal News | Lawyer Press Release — Authority: 143
  Legal news for Nevada personal injury lawyers. A well known attorney was killed in a single-vehicle crash. Criminal defense attorney, James “Bucky” Buchanan, was killed in a vehicle crash at his home. Las Vegas, NV—A high profile Las Vegas criminal defense lawyer, James “Bucky” Buchanan, tragically died in ...
  1 day ago

• Mans "Too Fat to Kill" Defense Fails

  
  Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 123
  In a somewhat novel but seemingly legitimate defense strategy, a Florida man accused of killing his stepson in New Jersey recently used his obesity as an alibi. The circumstances surrounding the murder indicated that the killer fired a shot into the victim’s leg, sprinted up a flight of steps and then fired four ...
  1 day ago

• Defending rogue cops in criminal court.

  
  UNDERDOG - JON KATZ, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA Criminal Defense Lawyer — Authority: 421
  Photo from website of U.S. District Court (W.D. Mi.).   On the one hand, I believe strongly in providing an aggressive defense to everyone suspected of a crime. On the other hand, rogue cops who commit crimes shielded by their badges certainly would present a challenge to my resolve to ...
  2 days ago

• Why It Is Sensible To Hire A Criminal Defense Attorney When You Are Accused Of A Crime

  
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  Father Anthony listened carefully as the young man before him unburdened his conscience by admitting to possessing a frightening addiction to drugs and alcohol. As he related his downward spiral into the world of addiction, the young man also related how he had become a compulsive thief to feed his habit and how he ...
  2 days ago

• New Blog on the Blogroll

  
  Defending People — Authority: 568
  Law and Baseball , by criminal defense lawyer Johnny Gardner, from Bobby Frederick’s stomping grounds of Horry County, South Carolina. Copyright © 2009 Mark Bennett . This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your ...
  3 days ago

• Lessons in Media Relations and Blogging, from Tyler Flood [Updated, and Again]

  
  Defending People — Authority: 568
  Tyler Flood ( one of the smartest lawyers Tyler Flood has ever met! ) says of his recent debacle in the Houston Press : During the course of this process I praised so many of my colleagues and even told Mike who to talk to, including Jed [Silverman], Gary [Trichter], Troy [McKinney], [Mark] Thiessen, Murph [Doug ...
  3 days ago

• How to Choose a Criminal Defense Lawyer

  
  Defending People — Authority: 568
  I’ve been asked to write about how to choose a criminal defense lawyer. Disclaimer: What I write here, I write not with the intention of making myself more presentable to clients, but only of telling the truth, revealing a bit of myself, and maybe entertaining or educating. Some of my posts have probably scared ...
  4 days ago

• Children Tried as Adults in Tennessee

  
  Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 123
  The issue of children being tried as adults is one of the most controversial aspects of criminal law. There is an obvious tension between punishing the offender based on the severity of offense and protecting an offender whose youth and immaturity may dictate that he or she did not fully understand the consequences of ...
  4 days ago

• Tyler Flood Can’t Help Himself

  
  Defending People — Authority: 568
  From the Houston Press article on Houston DWI lawyer Tyler Flood : On all of his sites, Flood’s biography starts with his No. 4 class rank in law school. It doesn’t mention that he graduated during the summer with 17 other people. (In fact, the site for Flood Publishing, which sells law school flash cards, ...
  5 days ago

• Andy Nolen, Move Over!

  
  Defending People — Authority: 568
  From a Houston Press article about Houston DWI lawyer Tyler Flood : Flood pays someone to keep up his Google search rankings. . . . He has reviewed himself on Yahoo (five out of five stars): “Tyler Flood is one of the smartest lawyers I have ever met…reasonably priced also!” ( Here’s the profile giving ...
  5 days ago

• Man Gives Judge the Middle Finger, Gets Six Months in Jail

  
  Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 123
  One aspect of the criminal justice system that is discussed far too little is the importance of courtroom behavior, specifically as it pertains to being respectful to the judge and other court officials. The most obvious reason one should always treat the judge with respect is that the judge is in charge of the ...
  5 days ago

• "Fugitive Safe Surrender" Program to Begin in Newark

  
  New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog — Authority: 110
  It was announced in an nj.com report that a four-day “Fugitive Safe Surrender” program expects to welcome approximately 5,000 individuals with open criminal warrants (perhaps more even) at Bethany Baptist Church from November 4 through November 7, 2009. According to the article, the program is designed to provide ...
  5 days ago

• Nonsense of scenting dogs.

  
  UNDERDOG - JON KATZ, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA Criminal Defense Lawyer — Authority: 421
    The NIHs caption to this drug dog photo is enough to turn the stomach: " Nice to nose you : Flyer, NIH’s only certified drug-sniffer, serves on the K-9 team along with 10 bomb-sniffers. A dog’s nasal cavities contain over 220 million olfactory receptors; the human version has 5 million." (Image from the NIHs ...
  6 days ago

• Jones v. Harris Brings Out Another Harvard Law Professor Who Knows More About Writing Columns Than Litigating Cases

  
  Litigation and Trial - Max Kennerly — Authority: 504
  This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Jones v. Harris . Briefly, the Oakmark complex of mutual funds "hired" Harris Associates as investment advisers, paying Harris 1% (per year) of the first $2 billion of the fund’s assets, 0.9% of the next $1 billion, 0.8% of the next $2 billion, and 0.75% of anything ...
  6 days ago

• Criminal Practice: The Treadmill

  
  Defending People — Authority: 568
  I charge bigger fees . . . so I can take fewer cases . . . so I can give each case more attention . . . so I can get better results . . . so I can charge bigger fees . . . so I can take fewer cases . . . I charge smaller fees . . . so I have to take more cases . . . so I have to give each case less attention . . . ...
  6 days ago

• Dad Runs Daughter Over with Car as Punishment: Criminal Attempt

  
  Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 123
  In modern society, debates rage about which methods of discipline are appropriate for parents to use with their children. Most of the debate is focused on the ethics of spanking versus non-physical means of punishment and proponents of both sides differ as to what is acceptable and what amounts to going too far. In an ...
  6 days ago

• On Behalf of Matt Brown, You’re Welcome.

  
  Defending People — Authority: 568
  David DeCosta was set up , to begin with: set up by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Phoenix Police Department, and almost certainly factually innocent. Phoenix criminal defense lawyer Matt Brown didn’t know that at first, but he found the story of DeCosta’s arrest for allegedly trying to sneak ...
  1 week ago

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