Apparently yesterday was sentencing hell day at Simple Justice.First up, Scott reminds us of the case of Antwuan Ball, Joseph Jones, and Desmond Thurston who were accused of engaging in a massive drug dealing conspiracy. The case went to a jury trial, and they beat all of the conspiracy charges. The jury only found them guilty of some relatively small-time drug … [Read more...] about Lessons in Allocution and Acquitted Conduct
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A Few Ways to Look At Criminal Lawyers
(This post started with a few ideas, and then got all long and rambling, but I don't have time to make it shorter. Sorry.)A few years ago I had a toothache, and I made an emergency appointment with my dentist.Her diagnosis was that the tooth's pulp was infected around the nerve, and her treatment procedure required a lot of painstaking work using her carefully-honed … [Read more...] about A Few Ways to Look At Criminal Lawyers
The Forensic Geology Series – Review
When I don't have any new novels from my favorite major authors, I like to browse the cheap e-books at Amazon to try to find new authors. Many of them turn out to be unappealing -- not so much because they are badly written but because, like most indie art, they have a somewhat narrow appeal. Of course, when that narrow appeal is aimed straight at me, it's like digging a random … [Read more...] about The Forensic Geology Series – Review