“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience . . . That will be the day of man as man.” -Martin Luther King Jr. These words by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were spoken during the Civil Rights [...]
The Moment When Property is Taken As a criminal defense attorney, I have the ability to help others when they do not have the capability of helping themselves. One such situation in which this is clear is when meeting with a new client shortly after a search and seizure has been performed and the client [...]
Go Get A Search Warrant and Then We’ll Talk. Picture this – You’re sitting at home minding your own business when you hear vehicles pull into your driveway. As you stand up from your chair and head to the window to see what is going on you see several people dressed in police uniforms rush [...]
“It has been repeatedly decided that [the Fourth Amendment] should receive a liberal construction, so as to prevent stealthy encroachment upon or gradual depreciation of the rights secured by them, by imperceptible practice of courts or by well-intentioned, but mistakenly overzealous, executive officers.” Gouled v. United States, 255 U.S. 298 (1921). Well, so much [...]
I love the writings of Clarence Darrow. I have written before about Darrow’s dream that as a society we might grow out of our need for more and tougher prisons and even the death penalty. See, e.g., “Darrow's Dream” (uploaded to my website). Darrow’s writings are filled with cutting criticism of our society and many [...]
