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To a Criminal Defense Lawyer Who Just Lost a Case

Mark Bennett | February 2, 2009

I’ll tell you a little secret that most lawyers don’t seem to realize: our losses make the best war stories; the cases you win are, but for the things that went wrong, not stories worth telling.
When you’ve lost a jury trial, I don’t want to hear about how your client, your investigator, the judge, or [...]

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I’ll Let Someone Else Judge Whether That Was Appropriate.

Mark Bennett | September 4, 2008

A political convention is theatre, and the clothing worn by the participants is costume. Every choice has a meaning.
I think the costume designer for Governor Palin’s speech last night:

has a really dark sense of humor:

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