Monday, February 9, 2009

A Wall of Justice....

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Recently the court of appeals basically attacked former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Joseph Wall in opinion vacating the sentence of Land...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Computer Kiddie Porn Acquitals

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I have just finished a very complicated (on one level) and simple (on another level) case involving kiddie porn that was found on a computer...
Monday, November 3, 2008

Prison for OWI's not the answer

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Apparently the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has been purchased by the Mother's Against Drunk Drivers. For the last two weeks, the state...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Sexual "Assault" ain't always what it seems

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One of the really frustrating things about Wisconsin's (and most other state's) sexual assault laws is that they are very often blin...
Monday, September 22, 2008

More Kiddie hysteria....

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Well the feds are at it again: "State and federal authorities are investigating the possible sexual abuse of minors at a 15-acre evange...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

Proving a crime is a real "burden"!

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Two cases currently being given an inordinate amount of hysterical media attention demonstrate how the public can have a twisted view of jus...
Friday, September 12, 2008

POST-CONVICTION RELIEF: PROCEDURAL BARS TO COLLATERAL ATTACKS

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If you have recently been convicted of a crime and want to appeal your conviction, you must raise all significant legal issues in your first...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

No Release Pending Sentence

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In a 29 page handwritten letter, former Alderman Michael McGee begged federal judge Charles Clevert to allow him to be released pending sent...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Entrapping "Thug Mike"?

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Yesterday, a federal jury took just 6 hours to deliver guilty verdicts on 9 felony counts of bribery, extortion, attempted extortion and fai...
Monday, June 23, 2008

The Tragedy of Overzealous Prosecutors

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Recently on this blog, my associate, TJ Perlick - Molinari , discussed a gang shooting case he won by talking about "The Tragedy of G...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The Tragedy of Gang Violence

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Today, I was reminded once again that crime does not pay. A young Spanish Cobra was on trial for allegedly shooting a Latin Kings member. I ...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Suspicions

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While thinking about the recent case of the corrupt, and now exposed, Special Operations Section (SOS) of the Chicago Police Department, I m...
Thursday, June 5, 2008

Dangers of Hysteria

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Here is yours truly appealing to the media and public to lay off my client who was the victim of false accusations and hysteria by both the ...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Defense Lawyers Vindicated

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On 6/1/08, Chicago Police Officer Kieth Herrera went public for the first time about massive corruption within his "Special Operations ...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Prison: A Black and White Proposition

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Well, it's official....blacks are incarcerated at a higher rate than whites throughout the United States with Wisconsin landing the, ahe...
Friday, April 4, 2008

Drug Charges Dismissed

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Melanie is a young woman from Kenosha, WI who was hanging around with bad friends for years. One night in 2006 she was at her apartment when...
Monday, March 31, 2008

This One Vote Counts......

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To readers of this blog who are not in "the system" I would like to emphasize the critical importance of tomorrows Supreme Court e...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Sex hysteria and Perversion of the Truth

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I had the painful experience of listening to the Supreme Court debate between Justice Louis Butler and Circuit Judge Michael Gableman last ...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Your Right to Remain Silent - Use It

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Question: Is it ever appropriate to make statements to the police? The the short answer is no. Here's why. In our criminal justice syste...
Monday, March 24, 2008

Gun Control - A Right To Own Guns: Personal or Militia?

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Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether the US Constitution’s 2nd Amendment contains a right to own a gun as a personal righ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Drunk Driving Cops in Wisconsin

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So Are Police Officers Just Better Drunk Drivers? When most of us get pulled over by a police officer we get nervous. Apparently, when an o...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer - Street Sex -vs- Wall Street

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I have listened with great interest at the “outrage” over New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s recent admission of “wrongdoing” (which was well...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Murder & Sexual Assault Plea Bargains Aren't A Bargain

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Every day I encounter people who believe that they were bullied into pleading guilty to some plea “ bargain ” that, upon brief reflection, t...
Monday, March 10, 2008

www.Birdsall-Law.com Goes Live

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Ta-da!! Introducing our new website, Birdsall-Law.com , that went live today. www.Birdsall-Law.com features information about many of the ...