If American law enforcement can only solve cases years later by blaming dead guys, we as a society have mucho problemas.
Blaming the Dead
Category Archives: Criminal Law
Political Hiring
If a government official breaks the law governing his or her core official functions, how can that NOT be a crime?
Private Fetishes
Max Mosley, one of the two architects of modern Formula One racing, has won a judgment for invasion of privacy in British court against a tabloid newspaper that accurately accused him of having a Nazi-themed orgy with hookers.
Liar, Liar Pants On Fire
Calling as a defense witness a person who lied to the police about the central witness in the case is really inexcusable. Of course, this may be all that Tom Meserau and his team have to work with. Not much.
Rules of War In Occupation
Genocide is one thing, but in the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, this prosecution strikes me as one making a scapegoat of a solitary solider in order to offer a patina of legitimacy to the atrocious inhumanity of what’s really going on over there.
Johnnie, We Hardly Knew ‘Ye
Johnnie Cochran, O.J. Simpson’s lead trial lawyer in the infamous L.A./Brentwood murder trial, died quietly last night of an inoperable brain tumor. His closing statement in 1995 for O.J. was one of the best performances — and by far the best televised closing argument — by a trial lawyer ever.
He’s Really Sick
It’s a good thing juries decide these cases, because Jacko’s “flu-like symptoms” hardly justify a week-long delay in jury selection in his child abuse trial.
WorldCom is Dead
Bernie’s fiasco is finally over, but it’s a shame that the once-proud MCI brand will apply to the sad remnants of such a sordid band of scum.