I Leave the Punchline Writing to You

The Chronicle’s Allan Turner sure knows how to write a straight line:

Alarmed by a 4-foot rat snake found in a janitor’s closet, wildlife experts Thursday searched the Harris County Criminal Justice Center’s fourth floor for signs that more reptiles had infested the headquarters of the district attorney’s office.

Google Down?

Okay, who broke the Google?

Actual Innocence in Collin County

Collin County DA John Roach has, after 18 months in which his office spent 5,000 man-hours and more than $47,000 re-investigating the case, announced that there is no longer a good-faith basis for upholding the conviction of Michael Blair:

Therefore, under my duty to not only uphold the law but to see that justice is done, [...]

Lawyering Rule of the Day

Nothing improves a public servant’s demeanor as much as the threat of impending unemployment.

No More Sources For You!

Seeking a scoop, rookie reporter Jennifer Latson from the Houston Chronicle went and tried to interview to a person accused of a serious felony without the person’s lawyer’s permission.
If the accused had said something incriminatory, it would have been front-page news in the Chronicle the next morning: the reporter would have been able to do [...]

From Today’s Mailbag.

Hello there!
Your blog is great! I wonder if you’d be interested in placing a post about http://www.SomeOntarioBankruptcyLawyer.com (the website I am working on)? I am trying to develop some buzz around this site and touching base with quality online publishers like yourself who write about lawyers. If we can work something out please let me [...]

Life for Quintero

On September 21, 2006 Juan L. Quintero was pulled over by a police officer and arrested for driving without a license. The officer cuffed Quintero’s hands behind his back, searched him, and put him in the back of his patrol car. Then the officer got into the front of his patrol car. Quintero shot the [...]

TOS Violations in Criminal Solicitation of a Minor Case

The indictment (h/t Orin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy) in U.S. v. Drew:

On or about the following dates, defendant DREW, using a computer in O’Fallon, Missouri, intentionally accessed and caused to be accessed a computer used in interstate and foreign commerce, namely, the MySpace servers located in Los Angeles County, California, within the Central District [...]

What Lawyers’re Doing Across the Pond

Taunting the government’s AI; Geeklawyer is offering a bottle of whisky [sic] for the best question and answer.

Mack Arnold Fundraiser

Monday June 16, 2008. 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. El Tiempo Cantino, 3130 Richmond, Houston. Live auction, free food, cold beer and margaritas.

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