Client secrets April 20, 2008
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Attorney-client confidentiality has been getting a bad rap this week because of the Alton Logan case. (After lawyers for another man came forward to reveal that their client had admitted to them 26 years earlier that he committed the crime, Alton Logan was released this week on bond.)
Capital Defense Weekly reminds us about the importance of Client secrets & keeping your mouth shut.
Public Defender Haiku February 3, 2008
Posted by Idta in : Attorney-Client, Constitution, Criminal Law , 1 comment so farPublic Defender Haiku
Through trial or plea
Even if you are guilty
I will defend you.
People often ask
How can you defend those folks?
Criminal lawyer.
Defend the accused?
Imagine if I didn’t.
There’d be no justice.
Lawyer rejects $190,000 for 2 trials, 3 years January 13, 2008
Posted by Idta in : Constitution, Criminal Law, Death Penalty , 1 comment so far Here’s an interesting money-saving idea: Don’t pay the death-penalty defense lawyers.
That’ll show ‘em!
To take these (appointed) cases may interfere with the survival of these lawyers’ practices. I don’t think federal judges understand this.
It’s getting pretty deep! December 10, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution, Criminal Law, Law Enforcement , add a comment Everybody knows shit runs down hill. When it gets up to the neck of a top White House stooge, THAT IS PRETTY DEEP!
The Bush White House has refused to comment on unresolved questions in the Libby case — such as why no White House staff member was ever reprimanded — on the grounds that the appeals process was still unfolding. Now that argument is moot, as Libby has dropped his appeal.
Should we change our definition of Freedom next? November 11, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution, Criminal Law, Law Enforcement , add a comment The Bush Administration has already redefined “torture” (and treason). Now they’re taking aim at changing the definition of privacy.
A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy.
Justice O’Connor’s Wish: a Wand, Not a Gavel November 9, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution , add a comment I think if O’Connor really had a magic wand she’d go back to 2000 and undo her treasonous decision to put her personal wishes before her oath to uphold the Constitution.
Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners October 10, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution, Law Enforcement , add a comment Now is the time for tears. We need to flush Bush, wipe up his sewage, and bring back America.
“Our country for the first time in my life time has abandoned the basic principle of human rights.”
Alberto Gonzales hires defense attorney October 10, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution, Criminal Law , add a comment Former A.G. Alberto Gonzales has hired an attorney. What a great idea! Too bad he couldn’t have hired anyone to advise him on constitutional rights, criminal law, and, you know, “law stuff,” back before he endorsed torture, gutted the Bill of Rights, trashed America’s reputation for defending civil liberty …. and then humiliated himself so thoroughly on the national stage.
In case you had any lingering doubt… October 5, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution , add a comment To our shame — and long-term detriment — unfortunately it seems
the U.S. DOES torture.
P.S. How do you know when Dubya’s lying? His lips move.
Dare to hope? September 29, 2007
Posted by Idta in : Constitution , add a comment Like most, I recognize that Bush has deeply wounded America;
like many, I worry that the damage may be irrevocable.
Dare I hope that he will merely destroy the Republican Party, and not our whole country? Is that possible, without a new political party to provide opposition and keep the majority party in check?
A recent Gallup poll reported that 59 percent of those surveyed have an unfavorable impression of the Republican Party. By a margin of 47-42 percent, they said Democrats will do a better job of protecting against terrorism and military threats. Asked which party would better maintain prosperity, the majority preferred the Democrats, 54-34.
