Author: Mark Draughn
If Not Now, When?
It looks like filling the next Supreme Court vacancy is yet another area in which I disagree with the Obama administration. CBS News‘s Jan Crawford says Obama wants “a sparkling intellectual who could go toe to toe with Roberts and Antonin Scalia,” but I’d much rather have Scott Greenfield. Read more
What Might Have Been…
Well, with Justice Stevens retiring from the Supreme Court, it’s time to start another round of speculation and wishful thinking about who will get the job this time. I have no idea who the mainstream pundits are pushing for, but I’m always partial to Wise County Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Ken Lammers. He has more criminal… Read more
In Which I Slap Around the Fairfax County Police a Bit More
My latest post at When Falls the Coliseum takes on the issue of why the police in Fairfax County, Virginia, should be more forthcoming about how and why one of their officers shot and killed an unarmed man. Jennifer tells me I need to work on my self-promotion skills, so I’ll just say that I… Read more
Jurors’ Presumptions
As a non-lawyer, and as a generally law-abiding citizen, my main interaction with the criminal justice system is going to be as a juror. But over at a public defender, Gideon is saying that jurors don’t really understand the presumption of innocence: I have come to believe that that is hogwash. Jurors are smart enough to… Read more
The Murderous Cops of Fairfax County, Virginia
Police officers in Fairfax County, Virginia, have been killing civilians. Then they’ve been stonewalling everyone who asks about it, not even revealing the names of the officers who pulled the trigger: Last November along the roadside of Richmond Highway, a major thoroughfare in Fairfax County, Virginia, a police officer shot and killed David Masters, an… Read more