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Scott Greenfield writes today about a civil case which demonstrates about as clearly as anything I’ve seen lately what’s wrong with the rule of law in America — and why our criminal system is now so unjust, unfair, and so very worthy of our disapprobation.
For those who dislike the exercise of reading entire blog posts, it’s this: there is no there there.
One of the things that I’ve found particularly irritating since becoming a criminal defense attorney is the way words change their meaning depending upon whether the potential beneficiary of the reformed definition is the prosecutor, or the accused person. KNTRXPNJN74G
During my undergraduate years, I was particularly interested in philosophy, cognitive science and linguistics. Over the years I’ve learned (and forgotten) almost half-a-dozen languages. About the only two I still remember are sign language and Spanish. I even wrote a paper which must have gotten a lot of play in other universities, because when I once took it off the Internet, I received several emails from university students and even a professor, asking where it went. (It’s here now and, by the way, for some time has shown up first on a Google search for language contact and historical linguistics.) I was particularly fascinated with the concept of semantic drift.
So it’s no surprise that I pay particular attention to words and phrases within the legal framework in which I work today.
What I see disturbs me.
The Law Office of Rick Horowitz provides criminal defense services
in Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Kern, Madera and Merced Counties.