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Entrenched Prosecution to Shift – Criminal Lawyer Jon Katz Weighs In
Entrenched ways of prosecuting in Northern Virginia have been engrained in the Fairfax County commonwealth's attorney's office, starting with chief prosecutor Robert Horan from the 1960's and continuing with his successor and former deputy Ray Morrogh; in Arlington, going back to chief prosecutor Helen Fahey...
Voice of America Afrique radio (French) interviews Jon about the rising U.S. murder rate
Interview of Jon Katz about the murder rate in the United States.
Private prisons are entrenched big-profit centers in an unholy alliance with government
During my year between college graduation and the beginning of law school, I worked at Wall Street’s Irving Trust Company as a financial auditor, as part of my plan at once to do well financially while doing no harm to society and continuing my human rights...
My interview about FIFA, in French on Voice of America TV
My interview starts at minute 4:00. On June 4, Voice of America television included me on a half-hour live French-speaking panel interview about the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) scandal (see the lengthy official criminal charges). The program was broadcast to countries including French-speaking...
Jury unanimity, and French kissing by a custodian as a form of criminal sexual abuse
Maryland’s highest court today ruled on jury unanimity, and on French kissing by a custodian as a form of criminal sexual abuse. Crispino v. Maryland, ___ Md. ___ (Nov. 9, 2010). Crispino underlined that “[w]e have recognized, in Rice v. State, 311 Md. 116, 532...
Praised be Steve Rench and his organization approach
A friend told me he once saw Sting on a London street in the mid-1980’s. Word traveled rapidly that he was there, and Sting slipped deftly away before he got mobbed. I, on the other hand, saw Roger Daltrey in a Vancouver hotel lobby in 2001,...
Police lying to you does not let you lie back, says Fairfax lawyer
Police lying -- so long as the lie is not a false promise of leniency to the suspect -- is generally allowed by the courts for extracting a confession from a criminal defendant. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I say that when the police lie...
LEP Virginia criminal defendants challenged by interpreter shortage
LEP (limited English proficiency) Virginia criminal defendants are already challenged by insufficient statewide rigor for court interpreters, because interpreter certification is only encouraged but not mandatory under the Virginia Code and other governing provisions. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know this state of affairs...
Totality of the circumstances is key in Fairfax DUI defense
Totality of the circumstances (TOC) can be persuasively argued to the defendant's favor against Fairfax DUI prosecutions. As a Virginia DWI lawyer, I know that the legality or not of a DWI arrest requires looking at whether the TOC provided the police probable cause to...
Police interpreters get emboldened by Virginia Supreme Court to skip court
Police interpreters are common enough when a suspect does not speak sufficient English. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I am exasperated at the lack of sensitivity, respect and understanding by too many police, prosecutors and even some judges toward and about people who speak insufficient...
