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Entrenched prosecution to shift- Fairfax criminal lawyer 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,...
Virginia murder convictions to no longer get death row
Virginia murder convictions now will face life without sunlight at worst Virginia murder prosecutions had a high rate of prosecutors seeking the death penalty when I started law school in 1986, making Virginia and three other states leaders in pursuing capital punishment. Those efforts included...
Virginia defendants will choose sentencer says Fairfax criminal lawyer
Virginia has long been in the dark ages in many aspects of criminal law, including backwards prosecutor-friendly crabbed discovery rules, forced jury sentencing, and judicial control over party-agreed case dismissals concerning Virginia defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that Circuit Court discovery is...
Virginia sentencing must only be by jury at a defendant’s asking- Speak out
Virginia sentencing should not be by underinformed jurors, let alone by jurors at all, says Fairfax criminal lawyer Virginia sentencing starts with a jury recommendation if the jury convicted. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that Virginia is one of only two states in...
Improper driving result on a Virginia DUI trial date – Fairfax lawyer recounts
Improper driving ("ID"), which is an infraction, is often a negotiated result sought in a Virginia reckless driving case, but much less often attainable for a DUI case. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I recently obtained the big leap of an ID plea deal in...