Should the attorney general be appointed by the chief executive of the state? Or should states continue to elect their lead legal adviser and prosecutor? Utah, along with forty-three other states, elects the state’s attorney general in a general election along side other statewide offices, such as governor, lieutenant governor, and so on. The attorney general’s job, […]
When Jury met Google…
January 26, 2011 by
Image via CrunchBase GOOGLE + JURIES = PROBLEMS? Under the constitution, an “impartial jury” is guaranteed in criminal trials. However, with the advent of the internet, Google, and online social media, impartiality is becoming more questionable, and jurors are taking over their role as fact finders out of the court room and directly to online […]
We are all just pawns: moral ambivalence & criminal offenses in the Clinton Cabinet
December 17, 2010 by
I read a startling story yesterday. Former Joint Chiefs of Staff retired General Hugh Shelton says in his memoir that in 1997 a Clinton cabinet member suggested letting Saddam Hussein shoot down a U2 spy plane to create a ruse to go to war against Iraq. It would provide for international sympathy and justification the Clinton Administration felt it needed […]
Jeffs to Texas? Not yet…but soon.
November 16, 2010 by
Just hours after Utah‘s 3rd District Court ordered Warren Jeffs extradited to Texas, the Utah Court of Appeals granted a temporary stay of the order, if just until Wednesday. Jeffs attorney Walter Bugden immediately appealed the decision [to extradite Jeffs], and late Monday afternoon the Utah Court of Appeals agreed to halt the extradition at […]
Texas Justice coming for Warren Jeffs
November 15, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia Warren Jeffs is headed to Texas. The Salt Lake Tribune just reported that Jeffs can be extradicted, over his attorneys‘ objections, for trial in Texas. A Utah judge on Monday ordered polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs extradited to Texas to face bigamy and sexual assault charges there. Jeffs’ attorneys had fought […]
The Fall of Scott Rothstein: “Miles Away…Worlds Apart” by Alan Sakowitz
October 25, 2010 by
Miles Away… Worlds Apart by Alan Sakowitz My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s guys like Scott Rothstein that give attorneys a bad name. And it’s guys like Alan Sakowitz that prove that humanity is, at its heart, good. I recently finished “Miles Away, Worlds Apart” by Alan Sakowitz, an attorney and real estate investor […]
Will Warren Jeffs face Texas justice sooner than later?
October 20, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia Warren Jeffs is fighting extradition. Maybe Texas justice presents a more fearful specter than Utah‘s. Maybe it’s too expensive. Maybe it’s just part of Jeffs’ legal battle. Whatever the reason, Warren Jeffs refused to sign the extradition order that would send him to Texas for criminal trial for bigamy and sexual assault. […]
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