Criminal Law

A Little Levity in a Dark WorldI

Posted on April 26, 2007
A Little Levity in a Dark WorldI recently send an inquiry to the author of another blog as to definition of "hairbag". You see, hairbag is police jargon and I always thought it meant someone who was really into the job, or a buff...I thought I'd get a one line response and I got this wonderful etymology of hairbag...

Response to HypotheticalNicely

Posted on April 25, 2007
Response to HypotheticalNicely reasoned argument in support of prosecutors using deception in limited circumstances and where it does not shock the conscience.Howard said "One caveat to the points above: some prosecutors play a closer role to police detective than others...

Hypothetical Number 2A few weeks

Posted on April 20, 2007
Hypothetical Number 2A few weeks ago, I posted a couple of hypotheticals regarding ethical dilemmas often faced by prosecutors. One regarded informing a defense attorney that the only witness in a one witness case had died and after posting a few comments from others, I weighed in...

Be Nice to Loners CampaignI?ve

Posted on April 19, 2007
Be Nice to Loners CampaignI?ve been reluctant to comment on the tragedy at Virginia Tech. But I did finally see something today that made me want to say something. In this morning?s New York Times, there was a small article in the Arts section about a campaign that has been started on Facebook...

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LONG OVERDUE UPDATES ON WHAT IS

Posted on April 15, 2007
LONG OVERDUE UPDATES ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE GOOD OLD US OF AMany apologies for the long absence! I had some surgery (I'm fine, thank you) and recovered just in time to get a bad cold, so I am sorry to offer nothing new in so long. I have a friend in law enforcement that can't post on a blog due to his position, but he does send me all kinds of interesting articles, some of which I use here, making him almost a silent partner in this venture...

My Answer?Sorry if the suspense

Posted on March 15, 2007
My Answer?Sorry if the suspense was killing you and that it?s taken so long for me to post my take on one of the hypotheticals I posed a couple of weeks ago. In case you did not see it, the hypothetical was as follows:Lets say that you have a one witness case that you are about to take to trial...

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