Jury Done
Jury Duty is over. The trial is finished. I made some notes at the end of each day, and I’m going to develop those into a three-day series about the whole experience. I’ll post the first one on Monday, and run them in one-week-delayed real time. I know criminal lawyers often like to hear about… Read more
Jury Duty (continued)
I woke up around 6:30 am and got ready for my day of jury duty. After showering, I started to prepare myself for the security checkpoint. As I mentioned yesterday, I normally have a lot of stuff in my pockets and I wanted to thin it out. So I just took my keys, my wallet,… Read more
Jury Duty
I have been called to serve as a juror in Cook County, Illinois. I’m self-employed, so I don’t have an employer to pay me for jury service, but the good news is that we have a one day/one trial policy which means I will be stuck there for only a day unless I get assigned… Read more
Dear Michael Wynne,
How about you go fuck yourself? How about that? Sincerely, An American Citizen. [end of letter] From an AP wire story: Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday. The object is basically public relations.… Read more
Lammers Brings Back Some Memories
Over at CrimLaw, Ken Lammers is running a new CLTV episode about his move to a new town. The footage is kind of poor because—as he was winding down his defense practice before starting his new job as a prosecutor—someone stole his good video camera. Ken’s new job is with the Wise County prosecutor’s office,… Read more
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