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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jun 2, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

A Question About Old Juries and the Classic Movie “12 Angry Men”

A QUESTION ABOUT OLD JURIES AND THE MOVIE “12 ANGRY MEN”

Each time the classic legal drama 12 Angry Men comes on television, I try to tune in and (re)watch it. The “action” takes place almost entirely inside a single small room, with jurors shoe-horned around a table deciding the fate of a Puerto Rican teenager on trial for the murder of his father. Though it fared poorly in movie theaters when first released in 1957, 12 Angry Men has since become a short course and a de facto legal education for multiple generations and is widely acknowledged as one of the best courtroom dramas ever made. To this day, it has timeless lessons for us all about evidence and preliminary judgement.

However, I still have a question about this film that (so far) has never been answered.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 31, 2024 in Blog | 2 comments

It’s Official: Call Them “Trumplicans”

IT’S OFFICIAL: CALL THEM “TRUMPLICANS”

I’ve got a vault of opinions and analysis on the Trump convictions, which will be shared with readers in the coming days.

Let me begin with this:

Fact: The Republican Party is a Trump cult. The new name should be TRUMPLICANS.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 25, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

The Real Story of How Red Lobster Ended Up in Hot Water

Like many of you, I scrolled past news reports and social media posts relating to the decline and fall of the Red Lobster seafood chain these past few weeks, without paying them much attention. I just presumed Red Lobster cut on quality, couldn’t meet rising labor costs, and thus became the latest victim of a transforming economy.