Monthly Archive for October 2007

Skype

Do any of you use Skype? I’m thinking of adding it to my repertoire of communications widgets.

In Texas, there are three basic classes of misdemeanor and five basic degrees of felony.
The basic classes of misdemeanor:

Class
Incarceration
Fine

C
N/A
Up to $500

B
0d - 180d in county jail
Up to $2,000

A
0d - 1y in county jail
Up to $4,000

County jail sentences are served subject to the county sheriff’s good time calculations. In Harris County, a person will likely serve [...]

About the Death Penalty

Down the street at Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer, Jamie was visited by death penalty enthusiast Jeff Deutsch. Jeff recognizes that, as long as we have a death penalty, we are going to kill innocents — “Zero innocent victims is not compatible with any human, and necessarily imperfect, institution” — but feels that the benefits of [...]

Great Lawyer Advertising

Check out this advertisement for my friend Wayne Heller, a Houston criminal defense lawyer (hat tip to Above the Law). Wayne is an excellent lawyer and a really funny guy.

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My blawgospheric and geographic neighbor Chuck Newton (read his blog for ideas on being a “third-wave lawyer” without much of the overhead and inefficiency that lawyers have traditionally had) had a post this weekend about Time, Toil, and Talent, which are the things that we, as lawyers, should be selling. If we aren’t selling [...]