Crime and Punishment

The Ryan Frederick case has been handed to the jury to decide. From the coverage, it sounds like the state's case for first-degree murder is pretty shaky, but the jury has been instructed to consider lesser included charges. Anything could happen, but I'm thinking the jury is going to feel uncomfortable freeing a man who killed a police officer. I think he'll probably end up … [Read more...] about Ryan Frederick Deliberation

A few days ago, Virginia prosecutor Ken Lammers suggested that someone wanting to break into the criminal lawyering trade should try working both sides of the aisle: Personally, my hope is that working both sides will lead a person to have more loyalty to the system than a side. That's not to say I don't expect people to play their part in the system to the fullest extent of … [Read more...] about In Which Direction Does Our Justice System Fail?

Meet Police Chief Dexter Yarbrough: While the sudden suspension of CSU Police Chief Dexter Yarbrough last month came as another shocking challenge facing a transitioning administration, several campus officers say his absence comes as a breath of fresh air to the department -- putting what several independent sources called his "reign of terror" on hiatus. Listing numerous … [Read more...] about Those Who Can’t, Teach

George Bush is such a tool: WASHINGTON - The pardons President George W. Bush granted this week couldn't have been better Christmas gifts if Santa himself had delivered them. But a Brooklyn, N.Y., man, Isaac Robert Toussie, received the legal equivalent of a lump of coal. Toussie, convicted of making to the Housing and Urban Development Department and of mail fraud, was among … [Read more...] about The President Who Stole Christmas?

Honest, I really wanted to like these guys.  After all, in a little corner of their blog they proudly proclaim (albeit in small letters):When seconds count, the Police are only minutes away. (SCC supports Concealed Carry) Warms me boyish heart, it does. Then again, it would. But, well . . . take a look for yourself; lots of the posts are, well, problematical, although … [Read more...] about The Mos Eisley of the Blogosphere: a Tribute to the Chicago Cops Over at Blogspot