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I first saw the idea raised by John Kindley in this comment at Simple Justice: free criminal defense lawyers for everyone, not just the indigent. I replied there that society should be willing to bear the full cost of prosecuting accused law-breakers, including the cost of due process.
Norm Pattis came up with the same idea:
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Mark Bennett | February 9, 2010
David DeCosta was set up, to begin with: set up by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Phoenix Police Department, and almost certainly factually innocent.
Yesterday the State of Arizona, represented by the Pinal County Attorney’s Office (to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest—are you listening, Pat Lykos?) moved to dismiss the case against [...]
Mark Bennett | January 6, 2010
Back in November, Kent Schaffer must have been feeling pretty good. Schaffer, one of Houston’s top criminal defense lawyers, had been appointed by Judge David Hittner to, along with the Public Defender, represent R. Allen Stanford in the juiciest criminal case in town. When Schaffer took the case it was at the CJA’s $110-an-hour rate, [...]
Mark Bennett | December 7, 2009
It’s always been easy for a lawyer to claim, “I’ve handled lots of these cases,” to try to get hired by a client. Now, thanks to District Clerk Loren Jackson, who has brought the courthouse into the late 20th century, if not the 21st, it’s easy for a client, at least in Harris County, to [...]
Mark Bennett | December 7, 2009
In response to my post on how to choose a criminal defense lawyer, a couple of people asked for a similar guide for the clients who can’t afford to hire the kind of lawyer I would hire if I were in trouble. For example, “What I wish you had written is how to select [...]
Mark Bennett | November 10, 2009
Houston DWI lawyer Tyler Flood made an irresistible target of himself by running his mouth to the Houston Press, and I was unable to resist. Whoever writes blog posts under his name at his blog managed (inadvertently, I hope) to string Christmas lights around the target by comparing him to Andy Nolen and accusing me [...]
Mark Bennett | November 7, 2009
Law and Baseball, by criminal defense lawyer Johnny Gardner, from Bobby Frederick’s stomping grounds of Horry County, South Carolina.
Mark Bennett | November 7, 2009
Tyler Flood (one of the smartest lawyers Tyler Flood has ever met!) says of his recent debacle in the Houston Press:
During the course of this process I praised so many of my colleagues and even told Mike who to talk to, including Jed [Silverman], Gary [Trichter], Troy [McKinney], [Mark] Thiessen, Murph [Doug Murphy], Jim Medley [...]
Mark Bennett | November 6, 2009
I’ve been asked to write about how to choose a criminal defense lawyer.
Disclaimer: What I write here, I write not with the intention of making myself more presentable to clients, but only of telling the truth, revealing a bit of myself, and maybe entertaining or educating. Some of my posts have probably scared off [...]
Mark Bennett | November 5, 2009
From the Houston Press article on Houston DWI lawyer Tyler Flood:
On all of his sites, Flood’s biography starts with his No. 4 class rank in law school. It doesn’t mention that he graduated during the summer with 17 other people. (In fact, the site for Flood Publishing, which sells law school flash cards, claims he [...]
