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Got Kicked Out Of School On A Charge Of Sexual Harassment? Help Is On The Way.
The new standards set up specific procedures safeguarding the due process rights of the accused without diminishing the rights of the accuser.
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Courts, Trials
'When Will I Get My Trial?' Being A Criminal Defense Attorney During COVID
My work right now is more psychology than law because there’s really not much I can do to advance cases without being able to start a trial. -
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Trial Of The, Uh, Week To Determine Whether Billionaire Visionary Understands English
Elon Musk knows what you think “pedo” means, it’s just that he, uh, didn’t know it when he said it, or something. -
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Keeping Your Jury From Social Media Contamination
What can we do as lawyers? A rule of thumb is to pick jurors who from the get-go have had less media exposure to the case. -
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Courtroom Sexism: 'No-Crying Motions' Filed By Male Opposing Counsel
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Innocent People Who Plead Guilty
Many innocent defendants plead guilty in part due to fear of what they call 'the trial penalty' -- that the punishment will be greater after trial. -
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The Imaginary Plot to Blow Up JFK
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Trying A Case In The Dark
There's no good reason not to have universal open-file discovery. Defense attorney Toni Messina explains why. -
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9 Tips For Picking The Right Jury
No matter how experienced you get at voir dire, it's always a crap shoot -- but these tips could help you out.
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The Bill Cosby Verdict: Why I'm Worried
This could turn into a slippery slope of jurors in the spirit of the #MeToo movement assuming guilt rather than innocence. -
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If I Were Bill Cosby, I'd Be Scared -- Very Scared
It will take a miracle to keep Bill Cosby from being convicted and ending up with a stiff jail sentence. -
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Innocent, But In Jail: Exonerations Where 'Justice' Has Failed
If the initial prosecution of defendants was more fair, fewer innocent people would wind up in jail. -
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Defending A Rape Case As A Female Attorney In The #MeToo Era
While it's sometimes difficult for women to do this type of case, it's important women do them. -
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Collars For Dollars: An Unconstitutional Police Practice?
Other juries will soon be asked to decide whether a petitioner's civil rights were violated through arrests by police seeking to make overtime dollars. -
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Proximate Death: How A Random Chain Of Events Can Sink A Criminal Case
Almost anything that starts the chain of events leading to death can be blamed on the person who started that chain. -
Social Media, Trials
Please Tell Me That You Don't Use Facebook
Anything that goes up on a site that others can view, whether or not that network is private, is vulnerable and subject to discovery.