Even though I’ve had a flu shot for this winter, I read the news about the flu sweeping the country right now and wonder…
Several times in the history of the country, flu has spread like a pandemic. It’s caused thousands of deaths. Is the Center for Disease Control really on top of this? What will they …
What a difference 30 years makes in our criminal justice system!!
When I first started practicing criminal law in the late 70’s, I worked as both a prosecutor and a Public Defender. I appeared before at least 60 different judges in the adult and juvenile courts. The things I used to see…
Today, in the county where I …
Off the coast of California smugglers used their 30 foot boat to ram a Coast Guard boat, killing Chief Petty Officer, Terrell Horne. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/us/smuggling-is-on-the-rise-off-southern-california-coast.html?scp=1&sq=coast+guard+officer+dies&st=nyt&_r=0 Could this tragedy be a hint of a serious threat to the United States?
With the increased vigilance across the land borders of our country, more smuggling has gone to sea. Of course, …
Two recent cases in Minnesota demonstrate the power or prosecutors and what happens to accused people who may be innocent.
The first case involved a football coach at Mankato State University who had three short videos on his phone of his young children playing in the nude. The local prosecutor charged the coach with the felony of child …
You’ve probably seen or heard of the new film, Lincoln. If not, go. It’s a great movie with wonderful attention to detail and, like all Spielberg films, a great plot. As you probably know, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer, mostly self-taught. However, he had the good luck to become a lawyer at a time in our country when …
After working for so many years in the criminal justice system, people often ask me if I have any unusual stories..
Do I have stories!
Those of us who work in the system often say that no one could make a reality show out of the courtroom dramas…no one would believe them–they’re too real and true!
I remember …
Imagine two parents who drank constantly, ignored their children while the wife gambled on line and the husband watched porn–all day long. The children were forced to eat potato chips off the greasy carpet.
Or the boyfriend who was beating his “woman” and her son intervened to try and stop the violence. As punishment for interrupting, the man …
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