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Those Who Can, Blog . . . [Updated 9/16/2009, 9/20/2009]

Mark Bennett | September 4, 2009

[Updated to remove Googleable references to the subject, who was duped by her ex-client web designer. She is not without fault, but it's appropriate to dissociate the posts from her name.]
I don’t know why, but I would have expected someone who, like a particular Fresno criminal defense lawyer, reads this blog [update: it appears that [...]

Reconsidering General Deterrence

Mark Bennett | March 31, 2008

PJ wrote, in response to a comment of mine to The Only Viable Threat:

I will take exception to your claiming deterrence of others as a legitimate purpose of punishment. It ought to be considered unethical to harm people for the purpose of teaching other people something. For example, if a judge determines that, based on [...]