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February 24, 2017 (Fault Lines)– Joshua Kuiper shouldn’t have been driving: e drove the wrong way on Union Avenue SE in Grand Rapids — going 41 mph in a 25 mph zone, according to the documents...

February 22, 2017 (Fault Lines) — WSB-TV went with a sensational but misleading headline for its article about the Georgia Court of Appeals reversing the trial court’s refusal to give Duvall Minor and Robert Clayton a...

February 22, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Good prosecutors are guided by their conscience. And bad ones are guided by their pride, ambition, and the slight chance of professional consequences if they stray outside the lines. Like...

February 3, 2017 (Fault Lines) – Prosecutors get beat up a lot for courtroom injustices. Some even suggest judges are to blame. Or gullible jurors. But what about defense lawyers? Defense lawyers shouldn’t play any part...

November 23, 2016 (Fault Lines) — November every four years brings us an election for top job in the country and representatives locally. It also brings us new laws. In California, the legalization of recreational marijuana...

November 4, 2016 (Fault Lines) — If there are any two words to bring joy and gladness to a law and order Republican’s heart, it’s “tort reform.” Tort reform, the theory goes, protects people and businesses...

September 28, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Ed. Note: Scott Greenfield and David Meyer-Lindenberg Cross Delaware County, Ohio’s Prosecuting Attorney, Carol O’Brien. Q. Your journey started at Northwestern, in Evanston, Illinois, where you majored in political science,...

September 16, 2016 (Fault Lines) — In Arizona, the legislature for some reason decided to define sexual abuse and molestation of a child in such a way that intentionally or knowingly touching the genitals or anus of...

August 16, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Prosecutorial misconduct is always a fun subject. Who doesn’t like getting fired up about some evil government lawyer hiding evidence that sends an innocent man to jail for years? From...

August 11, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Andrew King’s brilliant suggestion has inspired me to stand upon the shoulders of a giant and offer one of my own. One of those basic truths that even television basically...