A win for the good guys, for now.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Supreme Court of Virginia removing a defendant’s right to challenge their conviction via the writ of error coram vobis. The case involved two separate petitioners, both challenging their convictions based on ineffective...FYI
I’m hopeful that my friend Matt Kaiser is wrong, that I’ve not mythologized criminal defense and it’s place in the legal profession. I hope that people who are thinking of becoming criminal defense lawyers aren’t doing it because they...A wing and a prayer
When we were struggling to have kids, I never thought maybe God didn’t want me to have kids. Maybe I wasn’t meant to be a parent. While I had faith (small ‘f’ even then) and believed in kismet, I knew that God gave humans the...Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography – Language
I admit my writing is frequently sloppy. I’m not as careful as I could or should be. However, I’m hoping that when I actually care about what I say, that comes across. There are some people who write and you can taste their words – sour...I don’t matter (not yet, not yet.) Do you?
There are a thousand people who will write about Dr. King today. They will relay his words, probably repeat them verbatim because his words don’t need much in the way of explanation or analysis. The revisionists will write that he was nothing more than a...
ABA Journal Blawg 100
Contender - 2010 Criminal
