Personal Apology

I previously apologized without naming the person, and offered to apologize to him by name upon request.Today I received a letter making such request, and I will now do so. I hereby apologize to Joseph M. Ahearn, Esq., of the Rensselaer County District Attorney's office.In a post a few days ago I named him and made some inappropriate remarks about him. After he complained, I reviewed those

Criminal Injustice

Recent experience has prompted some reflection about the criminal process. This is sometimes called the criminal justice system, but the word justice is out of place.What are some of the problems that stand out, in the eyes of this criminal defense lawyer?In no particular order:1. A systemic disregard for the rights of the accused. There are so many cases (and I'll probably discuss that below),

Apology

I made an inappropriate post the other day and I now wish to apologize for it.I named the particular prosecutor involved and I went over the top with my criticism. While I still feel strongly that the factual issues underlying what I said were fair, I should not have named the particular prosecutor, and some of my comments were inappropriate. I have modified the post to take out the inappropriate

Something's fishy in Rensselaer County

[Note: This post has been edited slightly in light of a complaint that was made.]I previously posted about a new criminal defense case I've got in Rensselaer County. Today we went before the town court judge. I had applied for bail or release. Bail means someone has to put money up to get the client out -- kinda like ransom. :-) Release means the client gets out without having to post bail.The

Lessons in lawyer advertising

Going through my bills for the year so I'll have all my expenses down for taxes.Noticed a bill for $400 for "Prof Internet Directory". Figured out it's for a directory of attorneys called "AttorneyFind" dot com. I remembered it once I saw it. I paid $100 each for 4 listings (personal injury, drunk driving, etc.).Well, I reviewed my web traffic and found that since 1/1/2006, I've had one (1)