Defending People

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The Parable of the Knife

| December 20, 2012

With the Pres­i­dent claim­ing, and Con­gress going out of its way to affirm, the executive’s author­ity to detain and even kill U.S. cit­i­zens with­out due process, it’s dif­fi­cult to imag­ine what more is needed to con­vince those who doubt that tyranny is a real dan­ger in Amer­ica. The­o­ret­i­cally, the courts might stand in the way […]

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Jason Howard: Are You E-X-P-E-R-I-E-N-C-E-D?

| December 6, 2012

Sev­en­teen years ago, when I started rep­re­sent­ing peo­ple accused of crimes, for­mer pros­e­cu­tors didn’t have to explain to poten­tial clients why they should hire for­mer pros­e­cu­tors: the clients just knew that for­mer pros­e­cu­tors had con­nec­tions in the DA’s Office that would help the clients get favor­able res­o­lu­tions. I never saw a criminal-defense lawyer adver­tis­ing himself […]

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