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Recent Posts from Simple Justice

• "Against The Popular Will"

  Via the WSJ Law Blog, Middle District of Pennsylvania Judge A. Richard Caputo issued a decision that, by his own description, is "against the popular will."  Did he free a horrific murder because his constitutional…

• Finality or Innocence

  In light of Judge John Cataldo's decision in the dismissal of murder charges against Fernando Bermudez's based upon "actual innocence," State Senator Eric Schneiderman has proposed a bill that would allow judges to ignore procedural roadblocks…

• Duty To Twit

  While the name Justin Bieber draws a total blank around here, apparently he's got something that makes pre-adolescent juices flow.  Enough so that about 3,000 young women, with their parents since someone had to drive…

• A Blog That Shouldn't (Update)

  I'm often attributed with the sentiment that "anyone can blawg; everyone can't."  I've found an exception to my rule.  Amongst the many who seek the attention of more establish blawgers are the newbies, hoping to…

• When The First 18 Doesn't Count

  Judge John Cataldo did something that never happens.  Almost never.  In the absence of DNA evidence, some sort of hard proof to hang his hat on, Judge Cataldo nonetheless tossed Fernando Bermudez's murder conviction after five…

• Never Too Early To Prepare To Avoid The Death Penalty

  Like most parents, I've read books on child rearing in the hope of doing something right.  Yet nowhere did I read the part about making sure your child is given an IQ test, just in…

• Avvo's Big Three? Not Me, Thanks

  The other day, an offer came over from Bryan Jones, the advertising sales manager at Avvo.   The subject line of the email was a grabber: Avvo to Feature Only 3 Criminal Defense Lawyers in New…

• New York's New DWI Bill: Compounding Stupidity

  The vote is in. Hooray!  Save the children.  Get tough, get tougher.  There are no sweeter sounds to the ears of a politician than the applause of their constituents.  And there are few things constituents…

• Prosecutorial Immunity: Sometimes, A Legal Fiction Is Just A Fiction

  It's often difficult to understand why a prosecutor who has engaged in the affirmative act of concealing exculpatory evidence, or fabricating evidence of guilt, is clothed with immunity.  Mistake or accident is one thing, but…

• Kurt Greenbaum: Reporter As Rat

  There are lines that should never be crossed, and Kurt Greenbaum, journalist and director, apparently by default, of social media for the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch crossed one. Kurt Greenbaum blogs at STL Social Media Guy, and is…