Defending People

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No Hero

| July 26, 2012

Long­time com­menter Thomas Grif­fiths writes, in response to my efforts to rep­re­sent, pro bono, the British guy charged with aid­ing his wife’s sui­cide: Hon­estly, I’m frig­gin baf­fled by one of my pub­lic heroes’ actions. My right brain, says it’s the right thing to do when a Real CDL learns of incom­pe­tence, while the left side […]

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Winter is Coming

| July 26, 2012

When an airline’s pilots suf­fer from seizures, its flight atten­dants are sociopaths, its mechan­ics are drunks, and its flights are as likely to end in a fire­ball as in a smooth land­ing, con­sci­en­tious air­line employ­ees have a duty to warn the pub­lic. I just got back from the State Bar’s Advanced Crim­i­nal Law Course in […]

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