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2024
- What is Court Supervision?
- Understanding the Purpose of Gag Orders in Legal Proceedings
- Understanding Scott’s Law in Illinois: Protecting Emergency Responders and Motorists
- Assault vs Battery in Illinois.
- There are Only Two Types of Statements in Allocution.
2019
- On the Street Value of Ketchup and Cocaine.
- Is “LivePD” really live?
- Videos the world doesn’t need, but videos the world deserves right now.
- I Believe in Causation, Not Coincidence.
- Here’s Why R. Kelly Is Going To Prison (And I Don’t Know Anything About His Case)
2018
- What If Criminal Justice Reform
- The Real Reason the Chicago Gun Ban Isn’t Working (and other secrets THEY don’t want you to know about the “Gun Free City”).
- Q & A With an Experienced Criminal Law Attorney.
- Guilt Brokering.
2017
- Taking a knee.
- A Quick Guide to Some of the Rights of “Those People” (AKA All of Us) for Newspaper Commentors and Twitterers Who Have Only Heard About The Second Amendment.
- 5 Expert Tips For Talking To The Police, and A Bonus 6th That Will Blow Your Mind!
- Let’s Pretend The Truth Is Important (For Just A Minute, Anyway).
- Before We Kill Dylann Roof Let’s At Least Pretend To Give Him A Fair Process.
2016
- Saying Nice Things (about Dylann Roof).
- I’d Rather Be Good Than Lucky.
- “Criminal” May Be An Entertaining Podcast, But It’s Damn Sure Not Fair.
- Screw you, I’ll vote how I want to (AKA Charles Blow can stick his thoughts where the sun don’t shine).
- The Twitter Law Seminar That Never Will Be.
- Because I Love It.
- Making a Murderer: Did Steven Avery Actually Do It?
2015
- Ponderings on Possession, Part Two.
- Ponderings on Possession.
- I’m Down But Not Out.
- Actually preventing DUI is the goal, right?
- Citizenfour
- The Regular Person Standard.
- Taking a Stand on the Gay Hoosier Pizza.
- Setting Every Damn Case For Trial: The beginning of the end of my “reign of pain” as a public defender.
- Cop Games, Due Process and the CPD “Black Site.”
- Here’s Your Zero Tolerance on DUI: The Zamboni Guy Is In Jail. Happy now?
- The Legalization of Marijuana Doesn’t Solve Financial Problems. So What.
2014
- How to get the worst sentence possible (Hint: Think “War Machine”).
- “If you won’t show up on the small stuff…” – On playing Gallaga and bond hearings.
- The latest on Brittany Maynard.
- Honoring Columbus Day: Can I get a mug shot?
- When Dying is Outlawed Only Outlaws Will Die in Peace.
- …But The Problem Isn’t Plea Bargaining.
- The Kane County Sheriff’s “Candidate Forum” That Should Have Happened.
- Come on, Daily Herald. You can do better.
- I didn’t always distrust the police.
- The Revolution Will Not Be Twittervised, Apparently.
- Three dumb things people say to the police… all the time.
- I told you so.
- You Can’t Turn Over Police Reports You Haven’t Written.
- Policing and the Mentally Ill: presented without (or with very little) comment.
- Dog Searches Are As Accurate as We Say They Are.
- Nobody Cares If You Used To Be a Prosecutor
- Don’t Taze Me Cary, Illinois Bros.
- Why Do Cops Let People Drive Drunk?
- When you don’t know what to do, beat and kill.
- Two Bad Misconceptions About the Law
- The War Against Humaneness.
- “We dropped $200k on this armored truck and there hasn’t been a murder since,” said no police department, ever.
- DUI and McHenry. Is the extra spending worth it?
- McHenry County Branch Court is Closing. Interesting.
- Driver sober AND get pulled over.
- You matter less, Part III
- The hypocrisy of your outrage over Donald Sterling.
- Drugs, Schools, Parks and completely random drug/school/parks laws.
- McHenry County might have the most inefficient system for DUI cases anywhere ever.
- Mental Illness v. Public Safety.
- That Cary Shaken Baby Case, And How Prison Time is Calculated.
- The Unfair Fight.
- Late to the party.
2013
- St. Charles wants you to drive sober over the holidays… does that mean they don’t care about the rest of the year?
- Crime News… Whose Perspective?
- Like I said about that Woodstock police officer… it’s not over.
- You Matter Less. Part II.
- That Woodstock Cop Was Suspended for 30 Days and… Something Tells Me This One Isn’t Over.
- An amazing “coincidence.” What are the odds?
- Sex Offenders Impress McHenry County Sheriff.
- Two guys from West Chicago are charged with breaking stuff in Batavia… and it highlights a fairly silly law.
- I’m curious about the human remains found in that house near McHenry. Real curious.
- The Elgin Police Department is a little out of touch, maybe.
- The McHenry County Sheriff’s Department lets us know man lifeflighted after atv crash has been charged with DUI- as though it’s important.
- Harvard drug defendant can post bond (as he should be able to).
- A rash of sex offenses
- Did the McHenry Police beat up a 17 year-old kid?
- Bull Valley, Child Pornography, and the NSA.
- Some DUIs might not be what they appear…
- Is the flesh-eating Heroin substitute in McHenry County?
- The criminals in McHenry County are always getting off easy…
- The Advantage Group (T.A.G.) is gone. This is a shame.
- No Rehab in Bull Valley’s Back Yard!
- Bomb Threats at the Kane County Courthouses: Probably a Bad Idea
- The Geneva Police Crash Jenny McCarthy’s Party.
- The Algonquin Police “Get It” And They’re Not Even “Triple Crown” Accredited
- Drinking and driving could cost you your license. Unless you’re underage… then you don’t need to be driving.
- I Still Remember
- Don’t Break Your Arm Patting Yourself On The Back. Or, Really, Maybe You Should.
- Area crime rates: People have no idea.
- That guy deserved that sentence.
- This right here explains why you people are so angry.
- St. Charles Crime is Out of Control.
- That dude from Moonshiners doesn’t listen (to me, anyway).
- Kane County and the red light cameras.
- I might be here. I might be there. I might be hiding. You never know.
- Police… and Their Integrity.
- It’s so sad.
2012
- The police didn’t read me my Miranda rights! Can I have my case dismissed?
- Kane County Prosecutor’s DUI Checkpoints…
- Making it worse.
- The Juice
- “Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamps.”
- Ah, the joys of becoming a lawyer.
- This is your warning
- Tips for the new lawyers: Law school was a waste of your time.
- We made the Huffington Post last week.
- K.I.S.S.
- About that cook county prosecutor who was arrested at the lingerie shop
- About those girls who stole the Girl Scout cookies…
- Defending the Dumbed
- Prostitutes, nuclear weapons, and lawyers
- Representing yourself in traffic court? Tips for success from a pimp.
- If they weren’t guilty, the police wouldn’t be searching.
- Drew Peterson, technicalities, and your cats.
- Remembering Bill Gracik.
- Facebook, the Batman shootings and Journalists… let’s be consistent, people.
- Some things to consider before confessing to that crime you didn’t commit.
- You don’t want me as your lawyer.
- Jerry Sandusky and suicide missions.
- Hiding.
- Facebook and duct tape can land you in prison.
- Drunk driving laws increase drunk driving. Yeah, I said it.
- The $28 Question: What is wrong with the system?
- Can it get any easier?
- Are the Police better than regular people?
- Why George Zimmerman won’t just plead guilty and save us all some money.
- 2 things to do when you’ve been arrested!
- Why you should hire an experienced trial lawyer.
- Rod Blagojevich’s hair is headed to prison.
- Maybe it wasn’t a lucky guess…
- Top Three Signs You Need a Criminal Defense Attorney
- Pics, or it didn’t happen.
- Why you should never talk to the police.
- Why does pop culture hate me?
- One of my “Three favorite things” in action.
- More than one way to skin a cat… with video.
- Talking to the judge.
- Dear Dog the Bounty Hunter
- State of the Union
2011
- New Illinois laws for 2012. We are sure to perish without them.
- A look ahead to 2012: How about less Lindsay Lohan (or Sam Hurd) and more physician assisted suicide.
- The Bald Eagle Made Me Kill That Guy
- Reminds me of somebody I know…
- Blago and this guy’s swollen face.
- It’s like a newspaper… well, maybe not.
- Jerry Sandusky’s lawer is not as dumb as you think.
- The Kelli O’Laughlin stabbing: What you should do about it.
- Dealing with the police (video): How did this guy do?
- Those silly legal scales
- There are no winners
- Fairness wears an orange shirt
- Dirty Laundy
- Consider this required reading
- Dealing with the police: My three favorite things to hear.
- Canadians are Bliss: Two simple rules to avoid getting arrested.
- Troy Davis… what are you people waiting for?
- Soul Searching – Why do you let them search?
- Sometimes you are guilty before you are even charged
- Bin Laden is not just a river in Egypt.
- Illinois lawmakers want drug dealers at your local schools?