Simple Justice
A New York Criminal Defense Blog
Simple Justice: Monthly Archives for November 2008

The Results of The Experiment

Reader Mailbag No. 5, An Experiment

Entitlement Ain't Ipse Dixit

Why Terms of Service are a Crime (And Don't Call Me Ralph!)

The Blackest of Fridays (Update)

The Internet Speed Trap

Not My Choice For 1st Amendment Hero

Give Thanks, But Give Wisely

Hatred of Immigrants Explodes on Long Island

Yale Precision Marching Band Indicted

The Lori Drew Drama is Over; Back to the Law

No, You Can't Have 5 Minutes of My Time

Is the Legal Fee a Crime?

The Seduction of Self-Fulfilling Rationalizations (Update)

2008 Weblog Awards Came and Went

The First Casualty of Solo Practice University

But He's the Vice President and You're Not

Where Does a Juror Turn for Help?

Market Elsewhere. This Means You (Update)

Getting the Government We Deserve

If There was Only One Law

Restoring Which Good Name?

Bonuses Steady in Criminal Law This Year

They Started to Fight When the Money Got Tight...

The Real Definition of "Seizure"

Obesity is Not a Crime, But Is It a Disability?

Greenfield to New York Times: Bite Me

NY Court of Appeals; Lawyer's "Personal Values" Trump Ineffective Assistance

The Wilmington Method: A Pall Over a Funeral

Interviews Can Be Educational for Both Sides

Ambivalence on the Lori Drew/Myspace Trial

The Jury's Right to Know the Sentence

War Over Wiretaps

When the Commenter Takes Over

South Texas is Cheney Country

More Risky Shopping at Target, Courtesy of the Local Cops

Confessions of an 8 Year Old

But What Does Norm Think About Sentencing?

Learning From Judges Behaving Badly

Networking, Thought Sharing and Enough Already

We are the UAW (Update)

The Vast Mystery of Public Defenders

No Place for Nazis in Lawyer Pitch (Update x 3)

The Great Twitter Wars Begin

Peeing into the Wind: The Finances of Petty Crime

Inexplicable Reversal of Fortune

Just a Country Lawyer and His Privy

Anybody Got a Motion?

Air Marshals On the Loose

Spanglish For Lawyers

Misery Loves Company

What About the 94? Reject the Deal

No Ociffer, Avvo Said I'm Not Drunk

But the Chemist Said So

What's Good for GM? (Obama Update)

The J-dog Moves in with Windy

Eight is Enough

Lori Drew Update: No Place for the Suicide

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Victim Impact Videos

Why Promote Pot Smoking? (Update)

Practical Blawgosphere: Picking Your Battles

The Age of Intellectualism?

Babysitting While White: The Path of Least Resistance

Squaring Victims' Rights With the Adversary System

Did the Lawprof Blawgosphere Add Value?

Chazy Judge Gets Smacked, But Not Nearly Hard Enough

Young Lawyers Can Be So Important

What Does The Next Generation Think of Prop 8

What's on the Criminal Justice Agenda?

Finally, A New York Judge Thinks of D.C. v. Heller

SDNY Blows Eliot Spitzer a Kiss

Babysitting While White: Turning Tables

Somebody's Lying, But Who?

Avvo Update: We've Fallen and We Can't Get Up

The Most Corrupt Election

What Can YOU Do for Bernie Kerik? (Great Video Update)

Will There Be a Place for a Criminal Defense Lawyer in Washington?

The Blawgosphere, At Its Best: Congratulations, Barack Obama (Update)

What Jurors Are Really Thinking About

Vote Like a Republican (Under Indictment)

No, Defendants Don't "Know" the System

And the Polls Show . . .

Is it Really About Sex? (Carlin Update)

Reason Number 49 for Canada to Exist

Good Interpretation versus Evil Interpretation

Favoring Business Over People

Should Non-Lawyer Politicians Get a Free Pass?

Lori Drew Update: The Government's Negative Response

The Blawgosphere Won't Die Without a Fight