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Making People Stupider: Jezebel Edition
About That Time Jezebel Made People Stupider Today in Making People Stupider, I present to you the Jezebel article by Erin Gloria Ryan titled “About That Time Hilary Clinton Smeared a Tween Rape...
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In case it’s not perfectly clear…
Get a Warrant — for iPhone I made this on my iPhone yesterday, and it currently serves as my lock screen. Feel free to download and use it appropriately. Tell your friends and share as much as you’d...
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Pa Superior Court: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Scheme “Unconstitutional”
Appellant brings this appeal challenging the constitutionality of one of Pennsylvania’s mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9712.1, following the United States Supreme Court’s holding...
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The Appointment, Part 1.
“Mr Mulvihill, you’re appointed”. The sound of the judge’s voice speaking my name startled me from my stupor. I’d been sitting in the courtroom for an hour waiting for the District Attorney in my case...
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Stop Snitching on Yourself.
My next cards are going to look like this. There is a space on my potential client interview form that prompts me to ask my potential clients if they gave any statements to the police, whether on the...
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The Appointment, Part 2.
[Ed.- This is part two of an ongoing series. For part one, click here.] It was 10.11 am, and I was in the ante-room with my client, Barnaby Jones. Mr Jones had been my client for all of 8 minutes now,...
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“Prosecutorial Misconduct” Would Be a Good Name for a Metal Band.
For those of you who don’t know me (most of you), I am a big metal-head. I listen to the loudest, fastest, most aggressive, non-musical music you can probably imagine. Unless you are a kindred...
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The Appointment, Part 3.
[Ed.- This is part three of an ongoing series. It won’t make a lot of sense unless you read parts one and two.] It was 11.13am. We had 19 days to trial. Barnaby Jones sat across the conference table...
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Should I Start a Law Practice? (Redux)—Retrospective, Dec. 31, 2014
Sometimes real lawyers agree to slum it with the likes of me. “The practice of law is about relationships“. -Me (And Brian Tannebaum, and probably plenty of other people much smarter than I am). About...
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A Tale of Honey and Vinegar
Oh, I’m just a little black rain cloud… It was 11.30 am. I was standing behind defense table, arguing to have my client’s case dismissed. I was also really pissed off. You see, I’d been waiting in...
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