The AQA thread
Once in a while I feel magnanimous. Like tonight. So I will answer all questions asked (thus, AQA). This is an AQA thread.
Let’s start off with some recent queries that brought people to this blog:
- is it ethical for a public defender to refuse to represent a person believed to be guilty? The short answer is no. There is no long answer.
- father in prison, can they file an amendment by default? I’d answer if it I knew what the hell it meant. I’m going to say….all signs point to yes.
- why are prisons overcrowded in the US? Oh boy. This is a doozie. Well, let’s see. Overcriminalization, harsh sentencing, no parole or early release and the complete and total lack of rehabilitation in prisons leading to recidivism. How’s that?
- how do I get a public defender? Well, it varies from state to state. Usually you apply for a public defender at the local courthouse or in court when being arraigned.
- how to get around statutory rape? Abstain or don’t get caught.
- Connecticut public defender office. (this isn’t really a question, but here)
- How can prison overcrowding be reproduced? The old fashioned way, I’d imagine. See answer 3 above.
- Your chance for change rehab in CT? Limited
- Cross examining a known eyewitness? Easier than cross-examining an unknown eyewitness, I imagine.
- What are the principles of law? Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom, too.
- CT Constitutional Amendment question 1 2008. No. See, that was simple. Repeat after me: No.
- When an arrest is illegal. This feels like a game of madlibs. Hmm, let’s see. When an arrest is illegal the yellow mongoose swims with the overcrowded prison!
- Todd Rizzo, CT? Sad.
- Stoned. Good for you!
- How to keep prior conviction from being introduced at trial? Claim to be your twin brother. Or get a lawyer who can do it for you. Either one has a 50-50 shot at success.
- Ice cream Truck, and finally:
- Gay oral
What-choo got?
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about 3 years ago
What’s “change rehab” ? (Google and wiki are letting me down, only finding oblique references…)
I understand this is not legal advice, and assume full responsibility for my comments.
about 3 years ago
F*ck if I know. Lol.
about 3 years ago
People are now finding my blog by searching “kinder sex.”
about 3 years ago
Why do I have to keep explaining to people that the defense doesn’t have to prove anything? If the police fail to collect evidence, or lose it, I maintain that the defense is entitled to the best presumption of what value it might have had for them. Example: I point out that the victim’s shoes were seen 150 feet from the house on the street and that although they were pointed out to the police they were ignored and never collected. If they were in fact the victim’s shoes it is agreed that it is strong evidence that the accused is not guilty. I am repeatedly told that the defense has to prove that they were the victim’s shoes and not just a pair that looked like them, and am not believed when I reject this argument. This is not a good sign for the pool of potential jurors.