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Banning The “Gay Panic Defense”
The Constitution protects all defendants, and those accused of harming LGTB victims should be protected no less than the others.
Ethics Observations On The Latrez Cummings Sentence
Cummings admitted to “stomping” and beating a helpless, overwhelmed man who nearly died a result. Whether he did this alone or with 20, it is a serious crime. Verdict: 6 months. Because, you know, we’ve all been at that “want to beat people to death” age
Now THIS Is An Unethical Sentence!
It is not often that a sentence, all by itself, appears to violate the judicial ethics prohibition against conduct that gives the appearance of impropriety, but this sentence qualifies.
The “Too Handsome To Rape” Defense
Once again, zealous representation vs. “Disgusting arguments.”
The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strain’d, But It Is Sometimes Infuriating
And what about mercy? Compassion? There is a place for these ethical values in sentencing killers—rarely–but a judge whose over-whelming instinct is to feel compassion for adult murderers because anyone can have a bad day, people deserve a second chance and “can’t you see she feels terrible already?” belongs in another profession.
Dear Legal Profession: How Can We Respect And Trust You When You Police Yourself Like THIS?
No wonder the public doesn’t trust an institution that conducts itself like this. As a lawyer, these stories make me distrust myself.
The Ethan Crouch Case’s D.A., Trying To Right An Arguable Wrong With Six More
DA Joe Shannon’s mother surely taught him that two wrongs don’t make a right. He should know, and I suspect he does, that seven wrongs won’t either.
Perspective: The Trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb (1924), Clarence Darrow’s Closing Argument, And Judge Caverly’s Sentence
Recalling two earlier young men, killers both, who got a much-criticized break from a judge after a controversial plea by an expensive attorney: Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb
Ethics Alarms 