Philip Thomas over at his Mississippi Litigation Review and Commentary has this post on what your lawyer should wear to court. I’ve been contemplating writing a post on what YOU should wear to court, because I go over it with every client, and so here it is: “Don’t come to court looking like you just climbed down [...]
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The Clarion Ledger is reporting that a former Jackson Police Department burglary detective, who was out on bail for bank robbery, was arrested today for robbing five local Jackson businesses in the past 24 hours. The detective was ten years removed from the department, as he was fired in 1999 for testing positive for cocaine use. And he [...]
Read MoreLaw professor Alexandra Natapoff is perhaps the nation’s number one authority on the law of “snitching,” which she defines as “when police or prosecutors offer lenience to criminal suspects in exchange for information or cooperation.” Now she has turned this expertise into a blog that I plan on following with interest - the “Snitching Blog.” According to [...]
Read MoreThe Clarion Ledger is reporting that four Madison County teens are facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for damaging Annandale golf course and for breaking into cars in several area neighborhoods. The teens were arrested Thursday during a traffic stop, and are facing 10 counts of assorted felonies and misdemeanors, including auto burglary, malicious mischief, grand larceny [...]
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