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.
Liar, Liar Pants On Fire
Category Archives: Technology Law
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.
Courage and Judicial Activism
We need more judges like Stanley Birch, judges who have the courage to tell it like it is and not base decisions on political expediency.
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.
Technology At the Supreme Court
Today was a very big day for technology at the U.S. Supreme Court, with two hugely significant cases being argued.
Death With Dignity
The U.S. Congress this evening made a frantic, last-ditch effort to keep Terri Schiavo alive, passing measures that call for the federal courts to prevent the removal of feeding tubes from the brain-damaged woman in Florida.
The Law Isn’t the Answer
Everyone remembers being in high school and rebelling against authority, including the fascists who run such institutions with their hall passes and dance chaperones. Apparently, today things are even more restrictive, including breathalyzer tests administered routinely during the school day.
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
Some 20 years after she became the first woman on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor’s assumption of the presiding role at the Court for a day was not treated as anything extraordinary.
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.
Gay Marriage Without Dissent
Today the U.S. Supreme Court — without any dissent, even from the most conservative justices — refused to accept review of the Massachusetts decision requiring state officials there to recognize same-sex marriage