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In Phoenix, a federal grand jury is reportedly looking into accusations that Arpaio has abused his law enforcement power with criminal investigations of critics and political foes (Nick Martin, Heat City). The nutjob semiliterate pseuodpatriot supporters of Sheriff Joe will no doubt see this as more evidence of a vast (Mexican?) conspiracy—when you believe in a [...]
Mark Bennett | January 6, 2010
Mitchell Sassower is doing it. Marc J. Chase is doing it. Myron Kahn is doing it. Many others are doing it too, but those three are at the top of the list. What are they doing? They’re funding FindLaw’s crappy little rip-off (all above links are nofollow) of the name of Eric Turkewitz’s excellent New [...]
Mark Bennett | January 6, 2010
Back in November, Kent Schaffer must have been feeling pretty good. Schaffer, one of Houston’s top criminal-defense lawyers, had been appointed by Judge David Hittner to, along with the Public Defender, represent R. Allen Stanford in the juiciest criminal case in town. When Schaffer took the case it was at the CJA’s $110-an-hour rate, considerably [...]
Mark Bennett | January 5, 2010
None of my DWI clients have yet accepted the Harris County DA’s “DIVERT” program, but I had one client who was considering it, so I acquired a copy of the standard DIVERT agreement. After reading the agreement, she decided to go to trial. Maybe having a copy of the agreement will help someone else trying [...]
Mark Bennett | January 4, 2010
After I wrote this post and asked her to comment on Defending People because her emails were not welcome, Laura Leighton sent me these two emails: I saw your diatribe regarding myself and you are very wrong. It is “we” who respect our Constitution and demand our Constitution be obeyed. When radical extremists threaten to [...]
Mark Bennett | January 4, 2010
This weekend news came from Omaha of a lawyer, Terry L. Haddock, acting as a government informant. Haddock went into the jail to talk to Shannon Williams, who allegedly used Haddock’s cell phone to run a marijuana trafficking operation. Williams says he thought Haddock was his lawyer; the government says that it was clear to [...]
Mark Bennett | January 3, 2010
There’s apparently a meme going around the Arizona “Patriot” community that I am asking why Arizona voters don’t do something about Joe Arpaio. I am not. There’s no question why Maricopa County keeps reelecting Warlord Joe: it’s because the voters are scared, and fear is a mighty motivator. As Brian Cuban writes, “When we are [...]
Mark Bennett | January 1, 2010
From “Kathryn,” “ghiabliss@cox.net,” the subject was “why the people don’t do anything about Sheriff Joe?” We do something about Sheriff Joe! We re-elect him because he is an honorable man who enforces the laws on the books. And we will continue to re-elect him because he is the BEST sheriff Arizona has ever had. Mind [...]
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