https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/09/26/the-dna-tests-that-came-too-late-to-save-two-men#.I7BUkaep8 This story illustrates the fragility of life and the lengths to which the state will go to keep its convictions.  Instead of writing a wrong, posthumously exonerating these men, they claim its moot.   Instead of admitting they were wrong, they hid behind procedural obstacles.

There is no magic answer to this question. The internet, television, and even lawyers themselves will talk about how they will fight for you. So it is difficult to tell which lawyer will fight for you. Ask the lawyer three questions: Ask if the lawyer has ever defended an unpopular client. Ask the lawyer if …

Our office goes to trial as much as anyone.  Which is to say sometimes it is difficult to find a jury trial.  This is a shame.  Is that because i want to play with someone’s life?  I want to hone my skills on someone’s liberty?  No.  The jury trial is the only measure by which …