Year: 2014
TELEVISION DEPT.
Game of Thrones – Season 4
The fourth season of Game of Thrones begins today, and I have a few predictions. I realize this is a fool’s game, since people who’ve been reading the books already know what happens next, but those of us who’ve skipped the reading might as well speculate. The story is too large for me to address… Read more
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEPT.
Lessons in Allocution and Acquitted Conduct
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… Read more
LEGAL DEPT.
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… Read more
BOOKS DEPT.
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… Read more
SCATTERSHOT DEPT.
Scattershot 2014-02-28
Random shots around the web: What is it with Illinois and bizarre double jeopardy cases? In the 1990’s we had the Harry Aleman murder trial do-over which wiped out his earlier acquittal (a classic Chicago tale), and now the state is requesting to re-try Esteban Martinez after refusing to present its case in the first trial.… Read more