Voice for the Defense Blog

What is a person’s job worth, especially in this economy? When Walter was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), he knew he was in jeopardy of losing his job as a salesman even though he was the top salesman in the company. This arrest was not only about Walter and his job, it was about [...]

“From this day forward I shall no longer tinker with the machinery of death.”  Justice Harry Blackmun (dissenting to denial of cert.) Callins v. Collins, 510 U.S. 1141 (1994). I just tried what I am sure will be my last death penalty case.  It is a decision I made a year and a half ago [...]