Arbitrary and Capricious

The blog is five years old now. It's had a few good years , and a few years of gentle steady decline. It's given me a place to po...

From the Ventura County Star: Public Defender's Office close to edge - Any death penalty cases will trigger need for more help, says Da...

In this month's Washington Monthly: Jail Break - How smarter parole and probation can cut the nation’s incarceration rate If we want to...

Oelwein, Iowa, described in Methland : The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding , gets the Manhattan condescension treatm...

Artifacts excavated in response to this meme : Down In The Boondocks - Billy Joe Royal : the earliest pop song I can remember. Loved the wo...

From Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, an interview with Jean Berman, executive director of the International Senior Lawyers Project : We...

From Nampa / Caldwell's Idaho Press-Tribune: Commissioners will pick Canyon public defender Canyon County commissioners will deliberate ...

Happy birthday to my father.

From the Charlottesville Daily Progress, June 21: Death request raises ethical, legal questions Somewhere in the Charlottesville Office of t...

Happy Birthday, son.

From the Spokesman-Review: Municipal court brawl leads to arrest A brawl that began when a man tried fleeing a courtroom this morning ended ...

The Sloth Bear has been a p. d. for just a little while, but has developed some distinct likes and dislikes in clients: Categorizing Infuri...

It's public defender intern season. Here's a report from Alaska , from Justin of Baylor Law School: Aside from the legal community, ...

When it comes to cuts, things are no different in the islands; from the Maui News: Furloughs leave defendants in a bind - Public defender o...

..but it's a pretty good hint. From Law.com: Are Public Interest Lawyers Getting Crowded Out by Deferred Associates? - One recent law g...