July 2016

Words have power.  This obvious fact is often forgotten, even by judges and lawyers.  And they should know better.  The use of a single word can set the wrong tone, falsely frame the issue, destroy the presumption of innocence, and absolve the guilty. To demonstrate, here are some words with alternate phrasing: Gulag…….Vocational rehabilitation camp […]

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is a great concert venue. It is also the scene of lots of drug arrests in the summer. There are the usual garden variety marijuana busts in which a cop walks past a kid smoking a joint which may not lead to a search and seizure or other legal problem, but can […]