Just a short story about an old roommate. 🙂
A Long-Lost Roommate
#25 A Trial of Inconsistency (a.k.a. the domestic violence victim’s lament)
Jury trial #25 took back to the all too familiar, and uncertain, terrain of domestic violence. The facts were fairly straight-forward. Our victim contacted 911 after having locked herself in a room. She was audibly upset and told the dispatcher that defendant was "hitting on her" and that she was tired of him beating her.…
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#24 Plead as Charged
One of the realities of working in criminal prosecution is the plea bargain. There are numerous reasons plea bargains are routinely utilized in criminal law: (1) to avoid the expense of trial; (2) to avoid over burdening the jury pool and the public with unnecessary jury trials; (3) to minimize the emotional damage trial can…
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