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There are lots of people willing to sell you “credit privacy numbers.” A credit privacy number (or “credit profile number”) is a nine-digit number that looks like a social security number. Those selling “credit privacy numbers” or “credit profile numbers” try to convince their customers that they can use their CPNs to “repair” or obtain [...]
Mark Bennett | June 13, 2009
Sometime soon Washington personal injury attorney Kirk Bernard, or Susan L. Sipe of SLS Consulting, who claims responsibility for Bernard’s internet marketing, is going to google Bernard’s name. “Holy shit, what have I done?”, he’ll ask when he sees: Kirk Earned himself the coveted Asshat Lawyer of the Day award here at Defending People yesterday [...]
Mark Bennett | June 12, 2009
Washington personal injury lawyer Kirk Bernard. No editorializing required—Kirk makes it look so easy. (H/T Kevin O’Keefe via Twitter.) (More: Kirk Bernard is a Slime Ball.)
Mark Bennett | June 12, 2009
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has not had time to talk to the defense bar about the outlines of the new pretrial diversion program for first-time DWI offenders, but it has had time to talk to the press (enough to convince the Chronicle’s editors, clueless about criminal procedure, to endorse it), and now to [...]
Mark Bennett | June 12, 2009
I hate to say, “that’s just not funny.” Even aside from the Feminist Law Profs ownership of that particular intellectual property (and you do not want to tangle with the FLPs), I figure it’s better to respect the dark humor in a situation than to pretend it doesn’t exist. But c’mon now, Psycho Donuts: “A [...]
Mark Bennett | June 7, 2009
In support of my local newspaper, I’ve started blogging on Chron.commons. My idea is to put posts of interest to the general public there, and posts of interest to the criminal defense bar here. My first post on Chron.commons: Smoke. AND Mirrors.
Mark Bennett | June 6, 2009
Gerry Spence spoke today at the end of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association’s annual Rusty Duncan Seminar. I could see why they put Gerry last—if he spoke first, most of the lawyers talking about lawyer stuff would seem largely irrelevant or quaintly unself-aware. One speaker, for example, advocated telling jurors who gave “good” answers [...]
Mark Bennett | June 6, 2009
My old friend Mr. X, the Deep Throat of the DA’s Office, does not like DA Lykos’s proposal to offer pretrial diversion to people charged with first DWIs. He writes: Let’s assume the pretrial diversions will be expungeable because the way that Lykos has talked about them they’ll be more like pretrial interventions where charges [...]
Mark Bennett | June 4, 2009
In Harris County, Texas, between January 1, 2009 and May 31, 2009: 3,166 DWI defendants pled guilty or no contest. 1 defendant pled not guilty to the judge and was convicted. 38 people pled not guilty to juries and were convicted. 22 people pled not guilty to juries and were acquitted by jury verdict. 6 [...]
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