Hypocrisy in the Colosseum

Gladiator


I haven’t written much about the criminal law case that’s been scintillating — and then enraging — others around the country, the Casey Anthony case.

In the beginning, it was a combination of being too busy for that, and recognizing that whatever I saw on the news was likely to be sensationalized and full of erroneous and perhaps even deliberately misleading information.

As time went on, it became clear to me that there was another reason not to watch: ancient Rome was never one of my favorite “civilizations” and the Colosseum most likely would have disgusted me.

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Nothing But The Facts

Carnival mask


One of my favorite bloggers, Houston DWI attorney Paul B. Kennedy, writes “What twisted webs we weave” over at The Defense Rests today.

At first, I thought it was going to be another Rakofsky post, because he started off with this:

In the end all you have is your name and your credibility. Once you’ve besmirched those two things, you have nothing left.

Paul’s post, while in a sense related, is much more interesting to me than the Rakofsky debacle.

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You Say You Want An Explanation

Imagine Reasonable Doubt


You say you want an explanation
Well, you know…
We all want to understand.
You tell me that it’s only fair
Well, you know…
We all think that’s only right.
But when you talk about the justice system
Don’t you know that you can count judges out.

[Apologies to the Beatles; none to judges.]

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The Jury & The Adversarial System

Jury Box


Yesterday, a friend and I were working in my office — yes, we knew it was Sunday; no, our clocks didn’t spring all the way forward to Monday — and towards the end of our day, she told me about the importance of a new cover for the iPhone, specially-designed to direct radiation away from your brain.

This is very important, she said, because cell phone radiation is so significant that it can make popcorn pop.

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To Serve & Protect


One has to wonder about the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association.

They’re either incredibly stupid, incredibly mean, or they just don’t like being criminal defense lawyers.

Or maybe they just love cops.

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Defending Innocent People


A large number — no doubt many people — arrested by the police are guilty.  Often enough, they’re even actually guilty of the crime for which they have been arrested.  No matter how much of a true believer one might be as a criminal defense attorney, this much has to be admitted.

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