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Phoenix has landed

Posted on May 26, 2008
On Mars. The frontier won’t be new too much longer. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Phoenix has landed", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/26/phoenix-has-landed/" });

Posted on May 25, 2008
I’ve long wondered why states permit cars to have tinted windows. Here, in CT, a minimum of only 35% of light must filter through the tint. Some states set the bar even lower (FL and TX, for example). Is there any real value to tinted windows in cars other than privacy? Is that enough of a [...

Posting schedule

Posted on May 23, 2008
At least one of you must be wondering why I haven’t posted since Monday. Truth is, I’ve been a little preoccupied with things here in “real life”. However, today is the end of the week and the long weekend is around the corner, so I have 3 days to catch up on all that I [...

Addressing rape in prisons

Posted on May 19, 2008
From NPR. When will we do something about this? SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Addressing rape in prisons", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/19/addressing-rape-in-prisons/" });

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Monday Morning Jumpstart: No edition edition

Posted on May 19, 2008
The sands of time are unstoppable! Welcome to almost-June. Sigh. Mike at C&F takes the church to task on its “marriage only between man and woman because of procreation” position. The ’sphere is beginning to pick up the “H...

It?s been too long

Posted on May 18, 2008
The Penguins are going to the Stanley Cup finals! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "It’s been too long", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/18/its-been-too-long/" });

New CT blog

Posted on May 18, 2008
From Channel 3 (WFSB): “Inside Connecticut’s Courts“. First post here, with video. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New CT blog", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/18/new-ct-blog-2/" });

Sex offenders on probation: setting them up to fail

Posted on May 18, 2008
Sex offenders are the modern witches. There are so many things that rankle when it comes to society’s increased crackdown on sex offenders and their subsequent treatment, but one that never fails to get to me is their ridiculously unfair treatment on probation...

Saturday Stupor

Posted on May 17, 2008
Enjoy. I’m off to vegetate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhFROOn_D7E SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Saturday Stupor", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/17/saturday-stupor/" });

Prison safety questioned

Posted on May 16, 2008
After death row stabbing. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Prison safety questioned", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/16/prison-safety-questioned/" });

Gay marriage legal in CA; what will CT do?

Posted on May 16, 2008
Yesterday, California’s Supreme Court issued an historic 4-3 ruling [pdf] overturning that State’s statutory ban on gay marriages. Glenn Greenwald at Salon has a terrific analysis of the ruling here. It is critical to note that this argument was made pursuant to the California Constitution, not the U...

Lori Drew indicted in Myspace hoax suicide (updated)

Posted on May 16, 2008
About a year and a half ago, Megan Meier hung herself after a boy she liked and talked to via MySpace turned on her. Turns out the “boy” was a hoax; a fake profile created by Megan’s friend (and also her neighbor), another teenage girl and her friend’s mother, Lori Drew...

Accidents no more: Everything?s a crime

Posted on May 16, 2008
At least in fair Norwich, CT, as this story leads me to believe. I can only imagine how this scene unfolded. Cops arrive at the scene of a fire. A building is destroyed, 14 people (including 7 children) are now homeless. They arrest and charge the offender…...

The Nuremberg defense

Posted on May 14, 2008
For Virginia prosecutors? SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Nuremberg defense", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/14/the-nuremberg-defense/" });

Maybe it?s in the job description

Posted on May 14, 2008
Which might explain why lawyers love to hear themselves talk (I’m guilty of this too). The problem is that while this may we tolerable outside the courtroom, it can have disastrous consequences inside the courtroom. Reflecting on Norm’s coverage of the Fieger trial some other nonsense I’ve read in the past week or two, I’ve come [...

Inmate murdered by victim?s relative

Posted on May 14, 2008
Kevin Cales was sentenced to life a few months ago for the deaths of 5 people, whose car he ran off the road in a high-speed pursuit. The car he was chasing was driven by his ex-girlfriend, whom he was stalking. Cales was attacked from behind while he was seated at a table eating lunch...

The problem with voir dire

Posted on May 14, 2008
Is that sometimes you end up taking jurors you have no business taking. Like the R. Kelly trial. From media accounts: Those jurors include an African-American woman whose husband is a Baptist pastor, a black man who identified himself as a Christian and a white executive who said he thinks Kelly is guilty...

New ABA model instruction

Posted on May 14, 2008
On eyewitness identification. More on this later. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New ABA model instruction", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/14/new-aba-model-instruction/" });

Embracing technology

Posted on May 14, 2008
As most of you know, I’m a tech-geek. I love technology and I love new gadgets and new software and cool things like that. I’ve started using technology in my day-to-day job and maybe you’ll find it useful too. The tool I’m talking about is Microsoft’s Virtual Earth (you could use Google Earth too, but - [...

Monday Morning Jumpstart: Halfway through May edition

Posted on May 12, 2008
photo credit: coalandice Isn’t it remarkable how time always flies in the spring and summer and crawls along in the fall and winter? We’re already into the second week of May. Don’t blink, or you’ll miss the rest of it. In fact, keep your eyes wide open and enjoy the following stories and blog posts: S...

Sunday Stupidity: Family Feud edition

Posted on May 11, 2008
Good old stupidity under pressure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVuEpD9_IY SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sunday Stupidity: Family Feud edition", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/11/sunday-stupidity-family-feud-edition/" });

Asides fixed

Posted on May 10, 2008
Thanks to Karoli, yet again. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Asides fixed", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/10/asides-fixed/" });

SciAm takes down Stein?s ID ?movie? Expelled

Posted on May 10, 2008
Here. (ID = Intelligent Design, not Identification) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "SciAm takes down Stein’s ID “movie” Expelled", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/10/sciam-takes-down-steins-id-movie-expelled/" });

New Connecticut Criminal Law Blog

Posted on May 10, 2008
Finally. I was beginning to think that CT lawyers were going to continue to shun the web and the blawgosphere. I just stumbled across this new blog today, creatively titled the Connecticut Criminal Lawyer Blog. Written by a solo, Nicholas Adamucci, the blog has a few informational posts, but nothing “bloggy” yet...

I is gud riter?

Posted on May 10, 2008
Okay, so perhaps not as pronounced as in the title (and certainly not bad spelling), but as this National Law Journal article points out, lawyers are getting worse at legal writing. Like other writing coaches, Garner sees the influence of technology in attorney writing, and, in many ways, he is not amused...

Like a kick in the groin

Posted on May 09, 2008
From the Fail Blog SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Like a kick in the groin", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/09/like-a-kick-in-the-groin/" });

Quote of the day

Posted on May 08, 2008
Woman sues for shoe-in-dog-feces incident. City attorney says “poop happens” (I kid you not). Further: “[I have] seen some frivolous claims, but the feces claim reeks.” SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quote of the day", url: "http://apublicdefender...

Headline of the day

Posted on May 08, 2008
Last week, actually. H/T: TRBR via CDW. Scott, I’m not explaining this to you. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Headline of the day", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/08/headline-of-the-day/" });

A request to bloggers

Posted on May 07, 2008
Please STOP making links open in a new window! I know how to do it, so if I want to, I will. Kthx. All links on this site open in the same window. If you want them to open in a new window/tab, simply right click and select that option. If you find one here [...

State sites rejuvenated

Posted on May 07, 2008
State library and Judicial Branch newslog. Fancy! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "State sites rejuvenated", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/05/07/state-sites-rejuvenated/" });

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