Legal Commentary

"The Wire": Götterdämmerung
Farewell to "The Wire," this time for real, and welcome to our new criminal defense colleague, Cedric Daniels.

Farewell, Audacity
This past week, one of our own closed up shop. Audacity, a beloved public defender blogger, decided to stop blogging and has since completely deleted her blog (deleted!). We wish her all the best and hope to see her return to blogging at some point in the future...

Idris Bids WIPO Farewell; Newly Appointed DG Gurry Outlines Initiatives
By William New Australian Francis Gurry became the next in a short list of leaders of the World Intellectual Property Organization Monday, and promptly signalled a programme of increased multilateralism and bolstered global and local relevance for the United Nations body...

x-date wire
To the right, and under the upcoming execution dates, I’ve posted a  “x-date wire” which provides the latest wire stories on the next few scheduled upcoming executions.

Nothing solves a problem like razor wire
One KCK property manager, sick of having his A/C units stolen, has surrounded them with razor wire, KCTV reports. (I suspect we'll have a followup post, "Nothing solves a problem like wire cutters...

The Wire has a proud ex - p.d. for a fan
In summing up "The Wire," Postlapsarian recalls a previous line of work:I mean one of the reasons why I chose to be a public defender was to get immersed in a gritty world that I wouldn?t normally be a part of ? and I wanted that to be conveyed realistically...