FL: Defense lawyers fight public defender revamp
“You can’t create an appointed position that the Florida Constitution says must be elected,” said A. Russell Smith, the group’s president. “And that is exactly what they’re trying to do here.” ⇒
“You can’t create an appointed position that the Florida Constitution says must be elected,” said A. Russell Smith, the group’s president. “And that is exactly what they’re trying to do here.” ⇒
“I do not like eggs in the file,” Muirhead wrote. “I do not like them in any style. I will not take them fried or boiled. I will not take them poached or broiled. I will not take them soft or scrambled/Despite an argument well-rambled.”⇒
After his arrest, Glode wrote a string of letters to The Gazette, saying he would be exonerated when DNA results came back.⇒
Police said Hobbs learned how to break into homes by watching the Discovery Channel TV show “It Takes a Thief.” ⇒
Gavett was arrested last weekend following an investigation into allegations he had sexual contact with an inmate while employed as a jailer. ⇒
A suburban St. Louis police sergeant has been put on unpaid suspension, accused of threatening to invent charges against a driver who caught the exchange on videotape. ⇒
I’m trying to become addicted to the euphoria on a defendant’s face when we win.⇒
“It means that everybody, guilty or innocent, should expect their DNA to be on file for the absolutely rigorously restricted purpose of crime detection and prevention.” ⇒
She also called herself as a witness, asking herself questions and then providing the answers. Dahle was then allowed to cross-examine Best while they stood a few feet apart.⇒
image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace