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PUBLIC DEFENDER VS. PRIVATE ATTORNEY 2008-05-15 16:32:53 An interesting study was reported in the New York Times discussing the difference between being represented by a public defender as opposed to being represented by a retained attorney in a criminal case. The study was conducted by two economists...
CHANCES OF SUCCESS IN A FEDERAL APPEAL 2008-05-15 16:22:57 In an interesting 2006 report issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, it was estimated that the Court granted oral argument in 10.5% or criminal cases. The Report also indicates that the reversal rate in...
Some Bizarre Death Penalty Laws 2008-05-09 00:01:04 Recently I had a Federal judge reject my attempts to keep a client on death row from being executed. I was appointed to represent the defendant after he had lost his trial; lost his appeal in state court; and lost... Read more:Bizarre
, Death Penalty
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Dallas County Exonerations 2008-05-04 21:48:20 Recently in the media there have been numerous stories about the exoneration of inmates from the Texas prison system. Texas has had more exonerations than any other state and Dallas
more exonerations than any other city. Most of these exonerations... Read more:County
WINNING A SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD CASE 2008-03-21 14:32:48 My client was facing a sentence up to life imprisonment for the alleged sexual assault of his granddaughter. Back in 2003, while the granddaughter and her brother and father were living with my client and his wife in Texas, the...
Is the Death Penalty a Deterrent? 2008-03-10 22:22:06 The most common justification I hear for the death penalty is that it deters crime. When I consider the hundreds of death penalty cases with which I am familiar, and the dozen or so which I have worked on personally,... Read more:Penalty
Winning a Federal Drug Case 2008-02-21 15:30:42 Statistically about 95% of federal criminal trials result in a conviction. For federal drug cases the statistics are even worse. Today Clint and I won another federal drug trial, and as always, given the odds, the victory is gratifying. Clint... Read more:Federal
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Why Do Death Penalty Cases Take So Long? 2008-01-29 12:30:00 I recently entered a post about getting a life sentence for a client in January 2008, who had committed a murder in 1990, and was originally sentenced to death in 1993. A question I often hear is why do death... Read more:Death Penalty
, Penalty
Is Execution by Lethal Injection Painful? 2008-01-25 12:32:49 This month the Supreme Court heard arguments with respect to execution by lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Lethal
injection has become the standard method of execution in the United States, Nevada being the only exception by relying on... Read more:Execution
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SETTING OF ATTORNEY FEES 2008-10-01 15:34:16 As a practical matter, the fees lawyers charge tend to vary greatly. It is hoped that the following will help the potential client make at least some sense of attorney fees and how they are set. NEVER HIRE AN ATTORNEY...
The Truth about DWI Charges 2008-09-26 14:50:46 Generally speaking criminal defense lawyers look forward to representing people charged with DWIs. Many clients clients charged with a DWI are reasonable, articulate and, probably most importantly to lawyers, are able to pay a fee. Unless a person is charged... Read more:Truth
Beware of a Fee Contract that Includes Expenses in the Flat Fee 2008-11-14 16:19:30 Usually when someone is confronted with the prospect of hiring a criminal defense lawyer they are under a lot of stress. In addition to the stress arising from the prospect of being convicted and possibly going to jail, the potential... Read more:Beware
, Expenses
WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM YOUR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER 2008-12-31 12:11:46 You have a right to expect several things from any lawyer you hire with the understanding that, like many things in life, you often get what you pay for. To further complicate the matter, however, we are familiar with lawyers...
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL COURT FOR CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS 2008-12-01 11:30:57 When a potential client calls our firm and tells us that they are charged with a criminal offense, one the first things we generally ask them is whether they are charged in state or federal court. There have been several...
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