Scott Greenfield has a terrific article about the troubles prosecutors have with victims and defense lawyers have with clients. Be sure to read the whole thing, as the final paragraph wraps it up nicely. Those of us in the software business sometimes have a similar, though much less emotional, relationship with our clients. Unless you're being hired to assist someone who does … [Read more...] about Prosecutors and Victims and Defense Lawyers and Clients
How Are Gay People Just Like Whales?
Kip Esquire explains. … [Read more...] about How Are Gay People Just Like Whales?
A Busy Memorial Day
Well, today is Memorial Day. It's also my birthday. And my dad's birthday is in a few days. To celebrate, the paramedics took my father to the emergency room at Hines Veteran's Hospital. He had trouble breathing this morning and asked my mother to call 911. By the time the paramedics showed up, my dad was feeling better, and didn't think he needed to go to the hospital. So … [Read more...] about A Busy Memorial Day
How Not To Handle a Police Encounter
I complain a lot about abusive cops, so it's only fair then that I link to this video of a bunch of cops handling some outrageously abusive people with calm professionalism. Caution: Very bad language. … [Read more...] about How Not To Handle a Police Encounter
A Really Evil Law: Civil Forfeiture
Last August I started a series of posts about troublesome features of laws that were absurdly complicated or that prescribed disproportionately heavy punishment, usually as a result of legislators trying to show they were "tough on crime." In a homage to Gideon's post on the "most evil legal principle," I called my series "Evil Lawmaking." Unfortunately, that kind of hyperbole … [Read more...] about A Really Evil Law: Civil Forfeiture