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Posted by 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.

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Posted by on May 11, 2024 in Blog | 1 comment

A Question About Cameras Inside the Courtroom

 

 

A QUESTION ABOUT CAMERAS INSIDE THE COURTROOM

As many of you know, it’s up to the states as to whether or not cameras are allowed inside the courtroom. Some states allow trials to be broadcast live (think of the O.J. Simpson trial in California). Other states ban all cameras in courts of law, thus creating a secondary market of coverage in trials of interest to the public, which obviously isn’t nearly as transparent.

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Posted by on Jan 30, 2024 in Blog | 1 comment

It’s Doesn’t Matter Who’s Fault the Accident Is — If You’re Dead!

 

 

A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT RISK-TAKING AND DANGEROUS DRIVING

Here in Las Vegas recently, I’ve witnessed a stunning number of instances of dangerous driving by motorcyclists. Initially, I thought these encounters might just be an anomaly. But apparently, law enforcement statistics show excessive speed by motorcyclists is out of control.

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