Motion for Contact Visits

Friday, November 14th, 2008

JDSupra, as I mentioned in a previous post, allows me to “showcase” some of my work.  So I’ve been going back through some of my old briefs I’ve written, deleting identifying information so as not to publicize my clients’ names, and posting to JDSupra. This post is about one of those motions.

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The Science of Killing People

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Like about a bazillion other people, I’ve often wondered why we kill people to show that killing people is wrong.

Not surprisingly, the political beliefs of those in power have a lot to do with it.  But I was a bit surprised to learn that neither the severity of the crime, nor the race of the individual, mattered as much as the level of education of the convicted individual.

The Wrongness of Killing

Monday, June 30th, 2008

On June 27, 2008, a terrible tragedy occurred. Of that, there can be no doubt. Three people are dead.

According to reports, a father and his two sons were on their way home, when another car tried to get around them. Dad tried to back up and get out of the way of the other car, so as to let it pass. The people in the car, however, were so angry, so upset, so irritated that someone in the other car just opened fire, killing the father and his sons. A member of MS-13 was later arrested for the murders.

Mom wants the death penalty.

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