Defending People

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Free Adam Reposa!

Mark Bennett | October 30, 2009

The criminal defense lawyer who served as the presiding director of the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association wrote yesterday to tell me that Adam Reposa’s writ was denied and he has to start serving his 90-day contempt sentence.
Eighteen months ago I wrote, a bit critically, of the ACDLA’s role in the Reposa Affair. In yesterday’s [...]

Beverly Hills 78701

Mark Bennett | July 17, 2009

A must-read, especially for people think that baby prosecutors are magically endowed with wisdom to make decisions affecting other people’s futures: the new blogger on the Harris County criminal law block, Life after Esq., is reporting from “baby prosecutors school” in Austin.
With plenty of breathless prose about partying, and palpable sexual tension between Ms. Esq. [...]

ACDLA and The Reposa Affair

Mark Bennett | April 22, 2008

Austin criminal defense lawyer Keith Lauerman, on his sparse blog, gives his take on the winners and losers of last week’s contempt hearing in which Adam Reposa got 90 days in jail for making masturbatory gestures toward a judge. Keith, who was there, explains how the County Attorney’s Office, Mr. Reposa, and the Austin Bar [...]