This is the second part of a series that began with A 70s Reminiscence Needless to say getting a ticket for speeding that was overwritten at 62 mph when I wasn’t doing more than 45 in a 35 mph zone back in 1975 put something of a damper on my visit to Sam Goody that … Continue reading Finding an Attorney
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A 70s Reminiscence
In 1975 I was living in Richland, PA, and working in the hardware store that my parents had recently purchased. One problem with Richland was that there was no good place to buy records. I’m talking about vinyl LPs, which is how we bought our music in those days before CDs or streaming music became … Continue reading A 70s Reminiscence
An Ax Murder Addendum
It’s rather curious that neither of the mini-series about the Candy Montgomery case acknowledges the book Evidence of Love, even though each of them quotes copious amounts of dialog verbatim from it. I realize that the murder of Betty Gore is a public news item and now a piece of history, and therefore not subject to … Continue reading An Ax Murder Addendum
North Shore
Yesterday’s post was supposed to be a quick one. Extract a few short videos, slap a little narrative on them, upload. Then get on with my morning. That’s what was supposed to happen. Extracting the video clips was no problem. Finding the ones I wanted and editing them took ten, maybe fifteen minutes tops, and … Continue reading North Shore
The Practice in Practice
I used to watch The Practice faithfully when it first came on the air back in 1997. It was a David E. Kelley show and it highlighted the conflicts between the strict demands of legal ethics vs. morality and justice. For the first few seasons I thought it was a pretty good show, even though I … Continue reading The Practice in Practice
Closing Argument
Now, I must say a word more and then I will leave this with you where I should have left it long ago. None of us are unmindful of the public; courts are not, and juries are not. We placed our fate in the hands of a trained court, thinking that he would be more … Continue reading Closing Argument