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You can’t make me
Feb 23rd
A tremendous post from the exciting new kid on the PD block, PD Revolution, about refusing excessive caseloads and fighting back against a judge who forces you to trial when you’re not ready.
Act V
Dec 20th
If you haven’t yet, take some time out of your day to listen to Act V, an episode of This American Life from 2002 about Hamlet performed in a Missouri prison, with the assistance of this group. There’s some video here. Poignant, insightful and moving.
Judicial blindness to eyewitness ID
Dec 13th
Maybe she’s in advertising?
Aug 31st
Isn’t that what they say about advertising? You repeat things three times so people get it? Either that or she misunderstood the import of King Bruce’s lesson.
Mom, am I really 5?
Aug 26th
Just saying, that by my very rough estimation, this blog (and its predecessor versions) is about 5 years old. Man, do I have a lot of free time.
Just saying…
Does the automobile exception permit search of a laptop?
Aug 21st
Orin Kerr leads a discussion at Volokh.
June 8th. Write it down.
May 10th
Season 2 of Raising the Bar begins June 8 on TNT. Mark your calendars, because this can mean only one thing: the return of the weekly Raising the Bar liveblog right here at a public defender.
Sorry, week from hell
Apr 30th
I guess the title explains the lack of blogging. But I’ll be back soon.
You know you’re screwed when… (part 1)
Apr 21st
Today, I was arrested for DUI. I spent a few hours at the police station and I called a friend to come get me. When my friend came to pick me up, I decided it would be a good idea for me to drive home. On my way home from the police station, the cop that arrested me the first time saw me. I was arrested for DUI again. FML. (No, it’s not really me. Click the damn links.)
Back to scheduled programming
Apr 1st
After a day being hijacked by a fourteen year old, this blog is back to normal now! It was tough, but I had to wrestle with iguanas in the bahamas to get the URL back. We have now returned to our regular legal nonsense. Thanks for not buying it. Also, a special thank you to Popehat for sending, like, a billion visitors my way.
New CT law blog
Mar 29th
Finally, some competition. There’s another CT law blog that’s burst onto the scene, posting about everything and anything. Creatively titled the Nutmeg Lawyer, the blog is written by Adrian Baron of some firm with an almost certainly non-Firefox compatible website.
I think Scott will take a liking to him (although, I don’t really think so, since Baron seems to be a fan of Avvo). The blog has been added to the sidebar.
Domain issues
Mar 26th
Folks, I don’t know how much longer this blog will be around. The domain registration is/was up sometime in the past few days/this weekend and I’m fighting with the domain registrar. Apparently, some company put in a bid on the domain and purchased it (I don’t know how that’s possible). I’m trying to get it back, but they tell me that if I’m not successful, the domain will transfer to the new owner sometime next week. I’ll keep you guys posted. Thanks.
“Junk” science at its worst
Feb 19th
Earlier today I wrote about the NAS report on the state of forensic sciences in labs across the country. One of the findings of the report was that some “areas” of forensic science are unreliable because of the lack of standards, research and scrutiny. One of those areas was the study and comparison of bite-marks.
From Radley Balko at Reason comes the worst possible story of the misuse of this “junk” science. It chronicles the lengths to which two purveryors of this science would go in order to secure convictions. The descriptions and videos are not for the faint of heart.
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