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Monday law blog round-up
Happy Monday! Ron Miller takes issue with The Ethicist’s advice to a doctor who doesn’t want to treat a medical malpractice lawyer. In the context of why most great blawgs […]
The menu on Death Row
Slate had an interesting story yesterday about the last meals of death row inmates in anticipation of convicted “Beltway Sniper” John Allen Muhammad’s execution last night in Virginia. (Muhammad chose […]
Mississippi killer dodges death
Back in 2007, I wrote about the fascinating case of a Mississippi convicted killer and the Ober Kaler lawyers who were helping with his post-conviction appeals. At first, Alan Michael […]
Did Texas execute an innocent man?
From this lengthy article in The New Yorker, it sure looks like it. If true, what does this mean for the future of the death penalty?
Law blog round-up
Happy Monday! Page Croyder observes “serious traffic court” in Baltimore City for a day. The former prosecutor-turned-gadfly is not impressed at the sentences imposed. The Washington Post writes about how […]
No improper venue for a lawyer’s joke?
Humor can be hard to come by in a federal witness murder trial in which one of the defendants faces the death penalty. But this week in Baltimore, the judge […]
More than the robe is noir
North Philly, May 4, 2001. Officer Sean Devlin, Narcotics Strike Force, was working the morning shift. Undercover surveillance. The neighborhood? Tough as a three-dollar steak. Devlin knew. Five years on […]
Psst… your lawyer may not like you
Judging by its “most popular” list, Time.com struck a nerve with its article on Curtis Osborne, fetchingly headlined “If your lawyer wants you executed.” Osborne, who faces execution in Georgia […]
This week in Maryland Lawyer
Can lawyer layoffs happen here? Pick one: (a) They already are; (b) Yes, it’s just a matter of time; (c) Maybe, but it won’t be as bad as it is […]
Polls, polls, polls
There’ve been a few notable Baltimore Sun polls released this week, including one that found the majority of Marylanders polled favor legalizing slots, one that found Gov. O’Malley’s job approval […]
Polls, polls, polls
There’ve been a few notable Baltimore Sun polls released this week, including one that found the majority of Marylanders polled favor legalizing slots, one that found Gov. O’Malley’s job approval […]
Does Maryland’s reluctance to enforce the death penalty disrespect the law?
I’d like to share an unusual argument with our legally-inclined readers. A post on the blog Red Maryland states that “laws not enforced and punishments not imposed” contribute to a […]
