Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer Mark Bennett wrote about reporter Jennifer Latson's attempt to interview an accused criminal without approval from his lawyer. The suspect's lawyer was not amused. The lawyer wrote to the reporter requesting that she not talk to his client without first asking him. Her response was "I'd refer you to the United States Constitution, Amendment I. I … [Read more...] about Interviewing a Client Without the Lawyer’s Permission
Don’t Ask About Imaginary Child Porn
Scott Greenfield has an interesting response to the Supreme Court's ruling on the Protect Act in U.S. v. Williams. ...The problem is that criminalizing the speech of making offer/requests for kiddie porn, but then not requiring that there actually be kiddie porn or that the porn under discussion actually involves children, disconnects the speech from the underlying bad … [Read more...] about Don’t Ask About Imaginary Child Porn
We’re #1! We’re #1!
Our unique combination of demand, location, and anti-pollution chemistry rockets Chicago to the top once again: A national survey says the average price for regular gasoline rose about 17 cents in the last two weeks, with the highest price in Chicago at $4.07 a gallon. I keep telling myself it wasn't foolish of my wife and I to buy our first SUV this year because the high … [Read more...] about We’re #1! We’re #1!
Trying to Work Around The Captcha Problem
Some of you who've tried to leave comments have probably noticed that it doesn't work very well. The Captcha codes---those annoying strange characters you have to type---just aren't working right. This is a bizarre and frustrating bit of misbehavior out of the Movable Type blogging engine. So much of it normally works so well.I've disabled Captcha codes for now, and I'm trying … [Read more...] about Trying to Work Around The Captcha Problem
Wanted: Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
No, I'm not in trouble. But I could be someday, and it would be nice to know who to call. Because I spend so much time on legal blogs, I know a few good lawyers, just not around here. (Actually, I don't know that they're good---how could I really tell?---but they sound good, which is better than some. More importantly, they seem to respect each other's skills, and they'd be … [Read more...] about Wanted: Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer