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“The Lateral Hire”; or “Nuckin Futs”

Mark Bennett | January 29, 2009

Today I had the great pleasure of dealing with one of Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos’s new prosecutors, hired from outside the practice of criminal law.
I was sitting in the jury room behind a felony court, hanging out with my fellow criminal lawyers  (defense and prosecution), waiting for a prosecutor from the child abuse [...]