September2016

September 7, 2016 (Fault Lines) — If you are wondering why your neighbor down the street got a cool new trash bin and you’re stuck with the old one that still smells like ripe guts from...

September 7, 2016 (Fault Lines) — The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a woman’s lawsuit against a county that wrongfully prosecuted her for arson can go forward, even though she was never convicted or...

September 7, 2016 (Fault Lines) — The United States Sentencing Commission has recently published a study comparing recidivism rates and criminal history categories under the Sentencing Guidelines.  Recidivism Among Federal Offenders: A Comprehensive Overview, United States...

September 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) – The criminal justice system pisses a lot of people off. It’s built on the United States Constitution, a document that gives rights to the worst of society. Child molesters and...

September 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) – From college kids to Saudi royalty, people like to drink. We always have. For over ten thousand years, we’ve been fermenting nearly anything we could get our hands on. The...

September 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) – There are many things that police officers see that the general public does not, things that people who are not on the street do not understand. Sure, you can intellectually...

September 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Only the cynical may say that the United States is very good at only two things: bombing the tar out of a country, and locking up its bad boys for...

September 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Being an armchair expert is not just for football anymore; it is now something of an honored American tradition. The idea that average uninformed people can be founts of knowledge...

September 6, 2016 (Fault Lines) — In a couple of previous posts, I reviewed episodes of the HBO crime series “The Night Of” from the perspective of a criminal defense lawyer, not as an entertainment critic....

Probably should have posted something here earlier, since so many of you have asked why there are no Fault Lines posts this week. The writers are tired. It’s not easy doing this, and they’ve earned a...