Dean and Me on the Marconi

About 30 minutes of the anti-drugwar radio show “Cultural Baggage” with Dean Becker, today on Pacifica station KPFT.

Elsewhere

A tour of my “Read First” list in Google Reader:
Stephen Gustitis comments on a post by Dallas lawyer Brian Cuban responding to this post on Tom Kane’s Legal Marketing Blog. I’m not sure whether Brian’s point is really that he doesn’t give a shit (his words) about his clients or that most other lawyers don’t [...]

The Rorschach Ink-Blot Debate

There was something for everyone last night; supporters of Kelly Siegler liked how she came out, supporters of Jim Leitner thought he clearly won. Supporters of Doug Perry saw a honest, nice man who would be the right guy for the job if the job were what he thinks it is: a CEO / ambassador [...]

The Mote and the Beam

When asked about the minority composition of the DA’s office at last night’s debate, Kelly Siegler stated that the DA’s office has more black and hispanic lawyers than the bar as a whole. I suspect that she knows what she’s talking about.
This made me wonder: how does the Harris County Criminal Lawyers’ Association’s diversity compare [...]

Proper Accreditation

My apologies to a journalist, whose yesterday’s column I shamelessly ripped off without attribution in a blog post four days ago.
When this journalist quotes from my blog, she has the good manners to cite it as “an attorney blog”; I should have the same courtesy when I write something that she will write three days [...]

Thought for the Day

We — all of us — are no more than one traumatic brain injury away from committing capital murder.

. . . Gone!

Chuck Rosenthal has resigned, effective 3 p.m. today.
In his letter of resignation he writes:

Today, I wrote Governor Perry and tendered my resignation as Harris County District Attorney.
My decision to retire from office was precipitated by a number of things.
The federal court’s release of my private emails around Christmas of last year brought a [...]

A Little Respect . . .

All five candidates for Harris County District Attorney were invited to speak today with the board of directors of HCCLA, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers’ Association, after a board meeting.
Only one of them bothered to show up: Kelly Siegler. (C.O. Bradford had spoken to the board before Chuck Rosenthal’s meltdown.)
[Edit: Jim Leitner and Pat Lykos [...]

Copies

Ask any Harris County criminal defense lawyer, and she’ll tell you that criminal defense lawyers should have copies of offense reports. Ask any Harris County felony chief prosecutor whether the defense lawyer is right, and I’ll bet (based on my highly-scientific survey of 9% of such chiefs) that you’ll get the same answer.
If I could [...]

The Fourteenth Amendment Right to Sex Toys

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has recognized Texans’ Fourteenth Amendment right to use (and therefore to buy) dildos:

Just as in Lawrence, the State here wants to use its laws to enforce a public moral code by restricting private intimate conduct. The case is not about public sex. It is not about controlling [...]

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