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I Was Half Right About Dionne Press’s Assisted-Suicide Case

| September 21, 2012

On 18 Sep­tem­ber the aid­ing sui­cide case that Dionne Press neglected and that I offered to work on for free (which caused Press to try to get the DA’s Office to file charges or a griev­ance against me) was no-billed by the grand jury of the 351st Dis­trict Court. So I was right in pre­dict­ing that result (to be honest, […]

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My Prediction in Dionne Press’s Assisted-Suicide Case

| August 14, 2012

I’ve writ­ten about the case of the British guy charged with assist­ing in his wife’s sui­cide (and rep­re­sented by Dionne Press) here, here, and here. My bet is that some­time in the next two weeks the DA’s Office will take the case to a grand jury, and the grand jury will no-bill (because there’s no evidence […]

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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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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

| July 25, 2012

A cou­ple of weeks ago I wrote about this British guy who has (as of today) been sit­ting in the Har­ris County Jail for more than three weeks, charged by com­plaint with the class C mis­de­meanor of aid­ing sui­cide. The 351st Dis­trict Court, where his case is pend­ing, has no juris­dic­tion over a class C […]

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