“Times change, not men, and me, least of all.”  Jacques Mesrine, French Gangster I loved the film “Chariots of Fire,” about two British Olympic sprinters and their desire for gold...

It is comparatively easy to cross-examine the cooperating witness. One who is involved with the conspiracy. Who committed crimes. One with a substantial history of crimes, deception and dishonesty. Who...

I voraciously devoured all three books and the Swedish films of the Millennium trilogy so I can comfortably be counted as a hopeless Steig Larsson fanboi. But this is not...

As some of you know, I like to have concrete examples to use in illustrating and discussing the arts of trial advocacy. I don’t think anyone can learn them from...

It is hard to sit back and watch fumbling lawyers allow an injustice to occur. I felt sick listening to the judge’s rant at the sentencing hearing. Not that I...

The hearing started with the attorneys making their pitches for the sentence. Both were fairly understated. Not much advocacy. They were almost quiet. The prosecution made much of the documentary...

Robyn Gardner’s boyfriend is released from an Aruban jail after authorities fail to find evidence to charge him in her disappearance.  Roy Black appears with Nancy Grace on Good Morning,...

It is reported that the prosecutors are asking for a four-year sentence, the maximum for involuntary manslaughter in California. In addition to the prison term, the prosecutors wrote, Murray should...

I recently wrote a piece on the Rebecca Zahau case for the Huffington Post. You can find it here. It was a follow-up to an another article I wrote for...

Few rhetorical tactics carry a punch as strong as the rebuttal, whether in a courtroom, on a political stage or in a debate. The lawyer, who in the heat of...