Boy, she's climbing the Mount Everest of death penalty cases in t... by Paul Callan

Boy, she's climbing the Mount Everest of death penalty cases in this case.

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I would suspect that Epstein has found a way to shelter a lot of his assets so the litigants here may face the same problem, they may get a judgment, but they may have trouble collecting it.

These cases are winnable, but many of them will be difficult to prove because of the passage of time since the sexual abuse occurred.

Even good defamation cases are hard to win in court, because of the discovery involved and proving actual damages. But this case, I think, is going to be extraordinarily difficult, the defense will be that this is simply an expression of opinion by the President, which he's allowed to express, and that is considered non-defamatory under defamation law.

There's a very, very strong argument to make that this case will get tossed by a judge at an early stage.

Cosby's lawyers would be wise to settle the cases early and quick... by Paul Callan

Cosby's lawyers would be wise to settle the cases early and quickly if funds are available.

Interesting timing. Interesting timing. by Paul Callan

Interesting timing. Interesting timing.

This is going to be enormously expensive for Cosby. by Paul Callan

This is going to be enormously expensive for Cosby.

There are always outs under these extradition treaties. by Paul Callan

There are always outs under these extradition treaties.

In criminal law, the police can't wire somebody up. They have to give you Miranda warnings if they're going to take a statement from you, however, if a civilian is tape recording you, as was the case here with HBO, that's admissible in court if it's relevant to the crime committed.

McCulloch's approach in presenting virtually every shred of existing evidence to the grand jury is unusual but not unprecedented.

Cop shooting cases are always highly controversial and there is an awareness that the omission of any evidence may subject the prosecutor to future public criticism by either the family of the victim or by the police officers involved.

I believe that the existence of cell phone video and social media postings has substantially reduced police brutality over the long run. Although the intensity of news coverage of cases such as [George] Zimmerman and Michael Brown makes it feel like there is more police brutality, my sense of the situation as a lawyer who is in court several times a week is that the number of cases is diminishing.

If he winds up with 60 or 75 years in jail, from a pragmatic standpoint it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to retry the case, on the other hand if you're the parents of Jordan Davis and you believe, as well you should, that your son's reputation has been besmirched by this self-defense claim, the family (might) want a retrial, and that's something that a prosecutor has to consider carefully.