Lance Stott | May 22, 2009
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately researching a writ, and I’ve had the unfortunate experience of reading more than my fair share of Court of Criminal Appeals decisions. In Ex parte Kinnett, for example, a guy dumped his meth in the toilet. The cops scooped the water out, weighed it, and used the [...]
Lance Stott | May 6, 2009
I was doing some research for a writ, when I came across a painting of the Lady Godiva, whose story, I realized, I didn’t know. The Lady Godiva, it turns out, was the young wife of the 11th century Earl of Mercia, who had imposed a cruel tax on his people. When the townsfolk brought [...]
Lance Stott | May 4, 2009
I recommend Standard Operating Procedure. It’s a doc from a couple of years ago on the Abu Ghraib fiasco. One of the most… poignant moments was when Sabrina was talking about how she’d been charged with “degrading a corpse” for taking a picture of it. Ultimately, she said, the charge was dropped, because they didn’t [...]
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