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When I was learning to read, my favorite book was Bravest of All, by Kate Emery Pogue. This was a Little Golden Book about an old firefighter who, when all the young firefighters and shiny new equipment were out putting out a big fire, sprang into action with his old fire truck to save a [...]
Mark Bennett | January 29, 2009
From Above the Law:
A promising Harvard Law School standout told cops during a bizarre
drunken tirade that he would “lie and cheat” to ruin them if — as a
future attorney — he ever calls them to a witness stand, police said.
The 3L, an unpaid intern for prosecutors in Dorchester County District courts, also “badged” the cops:
“Give [...]
Mark Bennett | January 22, 2009
Here is an article (Complex Questions Asked By Defense Lawyers But Not Prosecutors Predicts [sic] Convictions in Child Abuse Trials) from the Journal of Law and Human Behavior describing a study using automated linguistic analysis finding that the complexity of the questions asked by defense counsel in a child sex abuse case predicts the outcome [...]
Mark Bennett | January 20, 2009
Prosecutors seem so proud of themselves when they argue, “Don’t show me photos of the defendant’s kids. He had those kids when he committed the crime and he didn’t think about them then.” The particular quote is from Jane Starnes, a former Harris County prosecutor (and Bellaire neighbor of ours) who now prosecutes in John [...]
