Don’t be too zealous in Marion County
Criminal defense attorneys Andy Simrin and W. Keith Goody have been accused of contempt in Marion County for over-zealous advocacy of a death row inmate. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Jamese Rhodes entered an order removing Mr. Simrin and Mr. Goody as counsel for convicted murderer Gary Haugen, and, when Mr. Simrin and Mr. Goody filed a petition in the Oregon Supreme Court arguing that the...
Read MoreGeorge Zimmerman’s lousy attorneys
I have avoided commenting on the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case because, like every other person in the entire country except possibly Mr. Zimmerman, I don’t know what happened. To me, the case is mostly about facts, and very minor changes in the facts affect whether Mr. Zimmerman is a murderer, a hotheaded bigot, or a hero. I find it a little easier to sympathize with Mr. Martin,...
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