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Out of some curiosity about how bail works, I posted a question on Avvo Answers. The first answer I got was a clean miss by an out-of-state lawyer. Now Illinois's own Jeremy Richey has stepped up. To review, here's the question I asked: What's my exposure if I bail someone out of jail? Chicago, IL Viewed 4 times. Posted about 17 hours ago in Criminal Defense If a friend has … [Read more...] about Adventures In Avvo – Take 2

After a recent episode of Raising the Bar, I've been wondering if some do-gooder could go around bailing indigent people out of jail so they can go home to their families even though they don't have $500. Not that I could afford to do that, but how would that work? I know it only takes a fraction of the bail amount to get them out, but would I be on the hook for the whole … [Read more...] about Adventures In Avvo – Take 1

I'm continuing my search for a half-way decent Chicago-themed criminal defense blog. The standard isn't that high. I'm not looking for a national-quality crimlaw blogger with a huge following and tons of great articles. You just have to blog criminal defense better than me, and I'm not a lawyer. In a comment to my previous post, Jamie pointed out that Pete Guither of Drug … [Read more...] about Still Searching For That Elusive Chicago Criminal Defense Blogger

The other day I was once again lamenting the state of Chicago criminal defense bloggers---which is, basically, as I've complained before, that there aren't any---when I had a shocking revelation: There is, in fact, one person in Chicago blogging about criminal defense issues: Me. Thus, by default, I, Windypundit, am The Greatest Criminal Defense Blogger in Chicago. … [Read more...] about The Greatest Criminal Defense Blogger In Chicago

I'm probably being unfair, but it seems like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a bit of a dumbass. (Or maybe, as fair Jennifer says, we should have listened to Anita Hill.) That's really the only way to account for his explanation of why it was okay for a school principal to order a strip search of a 13-year-old girl to try to find some ibuprofen. Thomas was the only … [Read more...] about Eminently Ignorant