January 2011
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“The person responsible for this is not on trial here.”
– Lawyer for Army Specialist Jordan Peters, who was driving drunk during a fatal crash, claiming Colorado State Patrol troopers framed his client.
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“I know the situation is dire. We are really considering options in how to act to...”
– Yellowstone County Attorney on starving horses in Montana and pending animal cruelty charges.
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“Officers can’t be the judge and jury when they are out there. We are not...”
– Attorney for a drunk driver punched by a cop while handcuffed.
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“We think, under any reading, three years of locking somebody up without a bond...”
– ACLU attorney on immigration detainees held without bond
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“And when you figure out what the truth is, you’ll know how to answer that...”
– Attorney Otis Carroll for Cisco Systems, during closing arguments in a patent litigation. The judge granted a new trial in light of this and other remarks by Carroll which the judge construed as meant to “appeal to the prejudices of the jurors”—presumably because they were...
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“It’s just silly to arrest someone you’re going to strip search for...”
– Attorney for a man who took off his clothes in a TSA security line at Richmond International Airport, commenting after a judge dropped disorderly conduct charges against his client.
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“The prospect that a governor can by executive order create a felony is one that...”
– E. Pete Adams, Esq., Executive Director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, commenting on the short period of time between a mayoral order effectively banning possession and sale of “bath salts” and enforcement of that order.
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“Obviously we are trying to prepare a legal appeal and he has difficulties hand...”
– Attorney Jennifer Robinson, commenting on Julian Assange’s lack of access to a computer while in a London prison.
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“It is no coincidence that, just 48 hours after we told (prosecutors) our clients...”
– UK defense attorney for environmental activists arrested prior to a protest at a coal plant, commenting on the Crown’s decision to drop charges following requests for information on an undercover police officer who had infiltrated the group’s ranks.
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“The W.T.O. Government Procurement Agreement allows signatory countries,...”
– Carolyn B. Gleason of McDermott Will & Emery said regarding “Buy American” requirements and Department of Defense purchases.
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“The consequences of student drinking aren’t limited to campus. It affects the...”
– Partner at a personal injury firm that recently launched victimsofdrunkdrivers.com.
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“She’s cogent, but she’s also feeling in a very bad way. She’s never been in...”
– Lawyer for a Toronto daycare employee charged with second-degree murder following the death of a 1-year-old girl.
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“Sometimes the banks will threaten to sue, but one of the first things you learn...”
– Recent law school graduate and sometimes-lawyer Michael Wallerstein, commenting on his $250,000 in tuition debt and the ceaseless communiques from the lenders who financed his legal education.
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“I’ve never, ever seen this, even with clients charged with murder. I was...”
– Attorney for Aftra Ali, the Pakistani man alleged to have given $5,000 to the Times Square bomber, commenting on the solitary nature of her client’s confinement.
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“He’s been spreading false rumors that he knows are untrue. It’s...”
– Lawyer for two women who say WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange raped them, opining on Assange’s characterization of their stories as a way to discredit WikiLeaks.
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“With this kind of black mark on her record, who knows whether she can enroll in...”
– Attorney for a Kansas City nursing student kicked out of school for posing with a placenta for a photo that appeared on Facebook.
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“Christopher is not capable of controlling this weapon. You will learn that this...”
– District Attorney William Bennett, telling a jury how an 8-year-old accidentally shot himself in the face.
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“Once the NFL failed to take any meaningful action, it became clear to my clients...”
– Attorney for massage therapists suing Bret Favre and the Jets for alleged sexual harassment.
December 2010
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“I do think it’s clear the defence is operating under the theory that the...”
– Deputy district attorney working on the prosecution of Michael Jackson’s former doctor for involuntary manslaughter with regard to pop star’s death.
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“This is a hacking statute, the kind of statute they use if you try to break into...”
– Says the lawyer for a man charged with breaking into his ex-wife’s email account, finding evidence of her affair with a man who once beat her in front of her child, and turning the emails over to that child’s father, a third man 