The grim reality of Officer Safety

U.S. v Jerald Burgess (“Ultimate Frustration”)

In 2001, we reopened the 1978 investigation of 6-year-old Cary Sayegh’s heartbreaking disappearance and presumed murder. During the course of the investigation, a consummate and notorious confidential informant gleaned valuable evidence about the crime from Burgess, the prime suspect (who had been acquitted on state charges of kidnapping Cary years earlier). The informant was also …

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DOJ/Ferguson/Holder

Exactly as I predicted.  No charges – there was no probable cause. So put the entire Department under a microscope (no statute of limitations) and “indict” it with a scathing report to appease the “community”. (Maybe it is merited, who knows – after Zimmerman, I don’t know which side to disbelieve.) I love and support …

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More on Steve Carell and Colbert - and David Letterman!

More on Steve Carell and Colbert – and David Letterman!

A few weeks ago I wrote about my co-counsel in the horrific Las Vegas DuPont Murder case (not the one portrayed in “Foxcatcher”.) “As it turns out, the mutli-talented Peter Ko, then a student, contributed his considerable wit and writing skills to a blog called “teepee,” where he critiqued movies and television shows. In 1997 …

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On the du Pont family, murder... and Steve Carell!

On the du Pont family, murder… and Steve Carell!

There has been considerable buzz about the new movie “Foxcatcher”.  It stars Steve Carell as John du Pont, one of many heirs to the du Pont chemical fortune, who gained infamy by murdering Dave Shultz, an all-time great amateur wrestler.  A man whose personality was beyond “eccentric”, du Pont developed an extremely unhealthy interest in college wrestling, which grew into the establishment of Foxcatcher …

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