NPR: people get better results from more expensive pills!

Dear Jim, By now you've probably read AHCL's blatantly pandering open letter suggesting that you endorse Kelly Siegler in the race for D.A. I'm sure Pat Lykos's campaign is trying to get your endorsement as well. I don't know who you'll endorse in the race between Kelly and Pat, or whether you'll endorse anyone. If you keep quiet, Kelly will be hoping that the people who voted

Young Doug Weathers (the adjective was recently vacated by order of the Nickname Marshal, Scott "Paladin" Greenfield) is discovering that maybe he doesn't quite support the Republican Party in all its glory. He says, "for the first time in my adult life I voted for self-interest rather than perceived national interest." "Perceived" is the key word there. In the past, Young Doug tells us, he has supported

Lawprof Thaddeus Hoffmeister (Juries) is interested in what others think about the idea (which he thinks would be unconstitutional) of using "professional jurors" to decide cases when lay juries are unable, after several attempts, to reach a unanimous conclusion. This proposal is the perpetual darling of well-meaning amateurs who think they can do better than the Founders. They'll see a situation in which it appears from outside

Here are the Reasonable Doubt episodes featuring three of the four Republican DA candidates: Kelly Siegler Pat Lykos Jim Leitner

Listen: If you are a private lawyer, you can get more people to hire you. If you are a court-appointed lawyer, you can help your clients appreciate you more. You can pick a better jury. You can demolish your adversary's case. You can perform a better direct examination. You can perform a better cross-examination. You can be happier in your relationship; you can be a better parent.

Scott Greenfield has apparently been having a blawgospheric discussion with Doug Berman about the merits of a Kentucky bill, HB210, that, in Doug's words, "imagines forfeiture as a possible alternative (rather than an addition) to lengthening prison terms for certain offenders." After some back-and-forth in comments to Scott's thorough critique of the idea of asset forfeiture as a solution to the problem of overincarceration, Doug wrote: I

Mexico is in the process of overhauling its criminal justice system (WSJ). Jury trials aren't in the works, yet, but reforms include a move from an inquisitorial system in which judges decide cases in secret based on written submissions, to an adversarial system of open trials with oral argument. Oh, and now people accused of crimes in Mexico will be presumed innocent.

The Juish (as Kelly Siegler might say) witness whom DA candidate Pat Lykos ordered to remove his yarmulke writes in to AHCL's blog.

AHCL keeps taking Pat Lykos to task for calling herself a "litigator" when she has, as far as anyone can tell, never actually tried a case of any sort, much less a criminal case. I think the fact that Lykos calls herself a "litigator" is the best evidence that she has, in fact, never tried a case. Trial lawyers are proud of their work; if someone claims