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I don't actually know poo poo about criminal practice but a 27% acquittal rate sounds fantastic.
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Discendo Vox posted:I really appreciate all of this. In the (admittedly unlikely) possibility that this recommendation pulls through and I wind up in some sort of senior information/knowledge management position (despite having last done a sharepoint prep integration like a decade ago), I'll do my best to put it to good use. That's not the joke. He's a lovely person, but he's a good criminal defense attorney. The joke is that 27% would otherwise be a really bad conviction rate but since almost all of his clients are guilty, the fact that he gets more than 1 in 4 off is remarkable.
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algebra testes posted:While discussing a very serious very bad criminal offense I stood up and farted, by accident, In a room full of my colleagues. its a power move, youve now established dominance
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Vox Nihili posted:I don't actually know poo poo about criminal practice but a 27% acquittal rate sounds fantastic. It's drat near mythological. Anyway, thought I'd share this before I forget, this autumn's pickings from around the ol' cabin, it's lingonberries and Chanterelle mushrooms.    I also made a DIY thread and I'm gonna post about the cabin building process and details and stuff more there so I'm not constantly making GBS threads down this thread with the boring minutiae of working your wood. Nice piece of fish fucked around with this message at 08:47 on Aug 30, 2018 |
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Aug 30, 2018 08:43
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And  This is part of the waterfall garden I’m working on at the new house.
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Aug 30, 2018 11:03
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Abugadu posted:And That already looks gorgeous. Do you have a natural stream running through your property? That has amazing potential.
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Aug 30, 2018 11:34
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Vox Nihili posted:I don't actually know poo poo about criminal practice but a 27% acquittal rate sounds fantastic. Depends. Are you including pleas in your conviction rate?
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Aug 30, 2018 14:20
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ActusRhesus posted:Depends. Are you including pleas in your conviction rate? I wouldn't. A plea is an admission of guilt and equivalent to a passed sentence. Well, at least for us. We even have a prosecution's waiver, which is where the prosecution says "you're guilty and this goes on your record, but we defer all punishment" which means that as long as you don't demand a trial, you are now guilty of this crime for the purposes of register of criminal convictions, civil liability and so forth. I wouldn't even call that an acquittal. Criminal guilt is formally established even then.
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Aug 30, 2018 14:32
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But what if the plea was procured by liberal application of torture? 
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Aug 30, 2018 15:17
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Alexeythegreat posted:But what if the plea was procured by liberal application of torture? Ahem enhanced interrogation.
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Aug 30, 2018 15:18
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Mr. Nice! posted:Ahem enhanced interrogation. Ahem. Waterboarding = baptizing with freedom. (And also loving stupid and more drama than it’s worth)
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Aug 30, 2018 15:21
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Mr. Nice! posted:Ahem enhanced interrogation. Where I come from it's just called an interrogation
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Aug 30, 2018 15:21
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Alexeythegreat posted:Where I come from it's just called an interrogation Where you're from, "being thrown out of a window and onto a spiked iron fence by two FSB goons" is called "suicide"
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Aug 30, 2018 15:25
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Alexeythegreat posted:Where I come from it's just called an interrogation Also being beaten to death by eight prison guards is called a "heart attack"
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Aug 30, 2018 15:28
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That's not even the half of it
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Aug 30, 2018 15:31
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t/f: russians mostly do not wear seatbelts because it's better to just die if you get into an accident.
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Mr. Nice! posted:That's not the joke. He's a lovely person, but he's a good criminal defense attorney. The joke is that 27% would otherwise be a really bad conviction rate but since almost all of his clients are guilty, the fact that he gets more than 1 in 4 off is remarkable. That would be a reasonable interpretation, but the running joke of the comic strip is both that a) his clients are scum b) he is scum c) he is really incompetent. That’s why I wound up including the explanatory line at the end of the post, it’s opposite of reality.jpg. All the negative traits flow backwards from him being a defense attorney. The comic’s got a trumpy throughline that’s most visible with the detective. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Aug 30, 2018 |
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I'm glad you read that so we don't have to.
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Aug 30, 2018 16:18
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I just got a subpoena. From opposing counsel. .....
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Aug 30, 2018 19:22
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ActusRhesus posted:I just got a subpoena.  Well at least they are really really sure you're gonna be there.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:32
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ActusRhesus posted:I just got a subpoena. It feels good to be wanted.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:34
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There’s stuff they want that I’m not obligated to give them because it’s a habeas and I’m the defendant. I’ve told them who they need to subpoena. Repeatedly. I am literally going home now to see how my kid liked her first day of kindergarten because my head exploded from the dumb.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:36
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I subbed the head of a law enforcement organization because what they were doing was dumb, systematic, and illegal. It went away, but my boss got angry calls. 10/10 would do again, but make sure you can actually justify it.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:44
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Well that I can see. Opposing counsel though. Opposing counsel.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:47
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ActusRhesus posted:There’s stuff they want that I’m not obligated to give them because it’s a habeas and I’m the defendant. I’ve told them who they need to subpoena. Repeatedly. I am literally going home now to see how my kid liked her first day of kindergarten because my head exploded from the dumb. Alaska disbars people who gently caress with subpoenas. If you want the cite to our caselaw let me know! And gently caress those guys!
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Aug 30, 2018 19:47
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ActusRhesus posted:Well that I can see. don't you not need a subpoena for getting information from a party opponent
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Aug 30, 2018 19:48
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ActusRhesus posted:I just got a subpoena.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:50
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evilweasel posted:don't you not need a subpoena for getting information from a party opponent Party? Possibly depending on the circumstances. Not their lawyer personally.
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hi law thread. if I've accepted an offer from my 2L summer job, is my only remaining goal to take the easiest classes possible and coast through 3L? or is it actually worthwhile to take black-letter law classes?
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Valentin posted:hi law thread. if I've accepted an offer from my 2L summer job, is my only remaining goal to take the easiest classes possible and coast through 3L? or is it actually worthwhile to take black-letter law classes? pretty much. take anything that (a) looks interesting; (b) looks easy as poo poo; (c) will make studying for the bar exam easier the only exception would be is if you got put in a practice area you're not super familiar with. had i known i would be a bankruptcy lawyer, i probably would have taken a bankruptcy class!
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Aug 30, 2018 19:55
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evilweasel posted:pretty much. take anything that (a) looks interesting; (b) looks easy as poo poo; (c) will make studying for the bar exam easier If there is something on the bar that you have never taken, and your eyes glaze over when someone talks about it, might be helpful to take it. Trusts and Estates and Business Associations especially are pretty dense to learn in a month and a half.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:59
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gvibes posted:There was a slightly unethical firm in Chicago that subpoenaed itself. I.e., Firm sued company A, company A produced documents to Firm, Firm settled with company A. Firm then sues company B, decides it wanted company A's documents, so Firm issued a subpoena in the case against Company B to Firm itself seeking Company A's documents. Yes, they were sanctioned, though I can't seem to find the order. I can't understand this at all, why would they do that? As to AR's case they must want to have her present on trial so they can demand to put her on the stand and testify about all her vile deeds instead of having an underling show up and claim no knowledge
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mastershakeman posted:I can't understand this at all, why would they do that? I assume because the documents were confidential and were supposed to be returned or destroyed when the first case was over, not just retained by the firm. If you want the documents again you gotta subpoena company A again.
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mastershakeman posted:I can't understand this at all, why would they do that?
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Gotcha
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Aug 30, 2018 20:14
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Valentin posted:hi law thread. if I've accepted an offer from my 2L summer job, is my only remaining goal to take the easiest classes possible and coast through 3L? or is it actually worthwhile to take black-letter law classes? Take whatever easy classes that give you a schedule with the most free time available so you can do all the fun poo poo you’re gonna miss when you go graduation to studying the bar to being a first year associate
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Aug 30, 2018 20:24
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Oh poo poo, I did sub a DA once. He interviewed a witness without an investigator present and I wanted him to impeach her.
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Aug 30, 2018 20:30
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EwokEntourage posted:Take whatever easy classes that give you a schedule with the most free time available so you can do all the fun poo poo you’re gonna miss when you go graduation to studying the bar to being a first year associate yeah 3L year is going to be your last sustained period of stress-free goofing off until you retire
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nm posted:Oh poo poo, I did sub a DA once. He interviewed a witness without an investigator present and I wanted him to impeach her. Also legit. And why you’re dumb if you interview witnesses alone.
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nm posted:Oh poo poo, I did sub a DA once. He interviewed a witness without an investigator present and I wanted him to impeach her. lol  and looks like CA rules make prior inconsistent statements easier to admit than consistent ones.
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