Disgraced radio host Don Imus will sue CBS Radio for the huge portion of his $40 million contract that was left unpaid after he was fired for racist and sexist comments, his attorney said Thursday. Martin Garbus, a First Amendment attorney, said he plans to file the breach of contract lawsuit by the end of…
Prosecutors Ask for Jail Time for Paris Hilton
Looks like Paris may be spending some time soon as a guest of the state: Paris Hilton should be jailed for 45 days for violating terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction, city prosecutors say. In documents filed April 30th in Superior Court, prosecutors said they also want Hilton to be required…
D.C. Madam Naming Names
If there wasn’t a federal prosecution involved, there would be a lot to be amused about in the D.C. Madam case. As the LA Times reported today, Deborah Jeane Palfrey plans to “out” her former clients in the hope that the unfortunate men will scramble to corroborate her claim that nothing naughty went on when…
Supreme Court OK’s Longer Sentences for “Career Armed Criminals”
Bolstering the troubling trend toward more, and longer, mandatory minimum sentences, the Supreme Court today upheld the federal Armed Career Criminal Act, which allows prosecutors to seek longer mandatory sentences if a defendant has 3 or more prior convictions for crimes that are either violent felonies or serious drug offenses. In James v. United States,…
In Defense of Defense Lawyers
Randy Barnett, a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, has an excellent op-ed piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. Barnett makes a great case for the critical role that defense lawyers play in protecting the rights of the innocent, and why that means that the rights of the guilty must be protected, too. Barnett’s…
A God Awful Day
My apologies for not posting today. Sometimes the horror of life intervenes. My prayers are with those killed in the shootings at Virginia Tech today, and their families.
Another Reason to Be Disappointed in the Duke Administration
As if bowing to the wave of political correctness and abandoning their students to the public lynch mob last year were not enough, Duke University officialdom remains more or less unrepentant. The day after the charges against the Duke Three were dismissed, I received the following email from the Chairman of Duke’s Board of Trustees…
What Really Happened at the Duke Lacrosse Party?
That is the focus of an article in the April 23rd issue of Newsweek. While largely a rehash of information available from other sources over the past year, the piece does provide some new details and is worth a read. One thing is clear – and was clear before the article – is that there…
Prosecution Will Not Seek Death Penalty in the Rafael Robb Case
Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor, who evidently intends to prosecute the case himself, announced on Thursday that the Commonwealth will not seek the death penalty in the case of Penn professor Rafael Robb, who is accused of brutally bludgeoning his wife to death. Interesting decision. Castor said that its not a death penalty case…
Terry Moran Should Apologize
In a post on his blog, ABC’s Terry Moran has posted one of the most insipid, offensive analyses of the dismissal of the charges against the Duke Three that I have seen. Moran’s analysis, in a nutshell, is that the three lacrosse players are not entitled to the sympathy that has been directed toward them…