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25 Nov 2015, 9:45 am by Bill Otis
  I could talk about the defense lawyer in New Jersey, Paul Bergrin, who was convicted of conspiring to murder a government witness. [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 12:20 pm by John Floyd
  Siegler utilized this patently unfair, and now illegal (per the 2013 Michael Morton Act), policy to her advantage. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 6:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Before passage of the Michael Morton Act, this was actually a fairly common contention among Texas prosecutors, at least of the more aggressive sort. [read post]
28 Nov 2014, 3:13 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Nearly all the attention focused on Judge Tom Price's surprising John Paul Stevens impersonation - an on-the-way-out-the-door declaration that the death penalty should be abolished after personally authorizing hundreds of executions on the court. [read post]
4 Oct 2014, 12:09 pm by Schachtman
Since 1663, the Royal Society has sported the motto:  “Nullius in verba,” on no one’s authority. [read post]
19 Aug 2014, 12:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
”Even 28 years later, Pye could identify him as Paul Dennis Reid, the man with the droopy eyes, from a wedding photo taken a couple of weeks after the murders. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 6:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Houston criminal defense lawyer Paul Kennedy provided ground-level perspective on the Michael Morton Act waivers defense counsel are being asked to sign as part of plea bargains:The current tool to get around the requirements of the Morton Act is a waiver that defense attorneys are asked to sign before their clients enter a guilty plea to a charge. [read post]
6 Jul 2014, 5:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Republican jurist has held the bench since being elected in 1998.Paul Kennedy has called Judge Fields a "bully in a robe. [read post]
16 May 2014, 9:33 am
” His favourites are Kavanagh QC, for its “excellent courtroom scenes,” and Rumpole of the Bailey for the good humour.Lawyer James Morton’s favourite Perry Mason is fifth-most popular, according to the Robert Half survey. [read post]
14 May 2014, 10:02 pm by Donald Sutherland
The article quotes Paul Schickler, president of DuPont’s Pioneer seed unit, as saying, “There is not a black line between biotechnology and nonbiotechnology, it’s a continuum. [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 1:44 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes both Texas and Louisiana, already greenlighted Texas' essentially similar litigation.You tell 'em, PaulWrites Paul Kennedy at The Defense Rests, complaining that an acquitted defendant was sent back to jail before being released, "There are far too many judges sitting on the bench in Harris County who have the mistaken belief that they work in the district attorney's judicial division." [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 3:05 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Pardon my skepticism: Column pushes Willingham clemency applicationBarry Scheck of the national Innocence Project and Texas exoneree Michael Morton had a column in the Houston Chronicle yesterday arguing for the governor to pardon Todd Willingham based on new evidence of alleged prosecutorial misconduct. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 7:00 am by Howard Friedman
Morton-Bentley, Seeing Isn't Believing: Ahlquist v. [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 5:53 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Neal Robbins was not on death row so there was no culture-war circus surrounding the case, which is perhaps one of the reasons the Lege could effectively confront the underlying issues.In his outstanding history, Habeas Corpus: From England to Empire, Paul Halliday dispelled the myth that habeas corpus is a "right" of individuals the way the First Amendment protects free speech rights or the Fourth Amendment (in theory) protects one's right against unreasonable searches and seizures. [read post]
18 May 2013, 9:14 am by Adrienne Kendrick
The company was started by Stan Lee with his friend Peter Paul, who is now serving time in prison for fraudulent activities regarding this company. [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 11:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The so-called "Michael Morton Act" (SB 1611) related to discovery in criminal cases passed the Texas Senate yesterday. [read post]