Injustice Anywhere . . .

. . . is a threat to justice everywhere. I used to be a public defender in Texas. Now, I'm a public defender in Washington. Despite what you may have heard about Texas justice, there's just as much injustice here as there was there. And so I fight. And I rant. About justice, injustice, and life in general. (*Despite the photographic evidence below, I am not Veronica Mars. She is, in fact, smarter than me.)

Friday, November 07, 2008

OUTRAGE!!!

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Arizona authorities have charged an 8-year-old boy with two counts of pre-meditated murder . This is so outrageous on so many levels, I don...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Frustration

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You know what is frustrating? When you spend forever arguing, begging, pleading, and using all your other tools of persuasion to get a pros...
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The Problems with Eyewitness IDs

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The Dallas Morning News did a very interesting investigative series on the problems with eyewitness identification and how they were major...
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One Xanax Pill

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Update: Morning of trial and super-longshot motion to suppress . . . prosecutor agreed to recommend year and a day with the statement that...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Why Just Having the Right to a Jury Trial Matters

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Recently, I had a jury trial that reminded me why having the right to a jury trial matters, and why it is blatantly unfair that juveniles do...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Long time, no blog . . .

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Yeah, I know you've heard that before. I apologize. Circumstances have conspired against me. So, here's an update: I have moved f...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Kiddie prison post coming soon . . . and that Duke thing

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I took a fascinating tour of three of the state's juvenile institutions last week, and I am working on a nice, long post about it all. ...
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Monday, June 04, 2007

18 Years Later, Tiananman Square Remembered

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This is a photograph of a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong marking the 18th anniversary of the Tiananman square crackdown. China still remains...
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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Trial Frenzy

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It seems like I was here for months before I finally tried my first case. I had a couple go to the brink of trial, only to be pulled back b...
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