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'To Kill A Mockingbird' - Representing Unpopular Clients in the Modern World

As a child, I didn't know any attorneys. Probably didn't meet one until I did an internship at a large lawfirm during college when I was trying to figure out whether I was going to law school. ...
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'Presumption of Innocence' or 'Everybody Knows They're Guilty?'

I'm often asked to comment on legal issues by non-lawyer media members. I enjoy helping with that, though it is sometimes hard to explain legal matters without simplifying to the point of ...
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The Amanda Knox Case: Character Assassination Versus Evidence

Today, Amanda Knox was found not guilty of murdering and sexually assaulting her roommate by an Italian appeals court. As a lawyer, I find the differences between the Italian criminal defense system ...
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Q&A on the Jerry Sandusky Child Sex Abuse Cases

As a former assistant district attorney and current criminal defense lawyer, my husband, Bill Stradley is known for working on difficult trial cases that other attorneys do not have experience ...
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Why Does the Sheriff's Department Want to Censor Our Law Firm Website? Issues at the Harris County Jail.

If you practice criminal defense law in the Houston area, you may not be terribly surprised at the article in Sunday's Houston Chronicle entitled, "Discipline problems persist at Harris ...
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Clipper Darrell and The Legal Issues of Super Fandom

I've been watching the sad Clipper Darrell super fan saga with great interest. He says he is devastated that the Clippers told him that they preferred for him to drop the "Clipper" out ...
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