I'm having a little trouble finding time to keep up the conversation, but Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice has responded to my speculative post on why clients might prefer to hire a lawyer who refuses to represent snitches. He says some nice things about me, but his response makes it clear that I get way too much of my information about the criminal justice system from … [Read more...] about More Economic Thinking About Snitching
Archives for November 2007
Snitching and Criminal Defense
Some of the practicing lawyers in the blogosphere are arguing about whether it's ethical to refuse to represent clients who snitch to the government to get a better deal. On one side we have Mark Bennett, who refuses to have anything to do with snitches. His contract with his clients makes this clear in advance. Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice feels about the same way. On … [Read more...] about Snitching and Criminal Defense
Scattershot
A few random shots: New York mayor Micheal Bloomberg thinks that having illegal drugs in your system when you die undoes the heroism of an NYPD detective who was one of the first on the scene at Ground Zero. Find out the salary of every single employee of the City of Chicago or Cook County. Scott H. Greenfield notes that it's "better to be gouged and fed then to not be … [Read more...] about Scattershot