There's a very, very strong argument to make that this case will get tossed by a judge at an early stage. Paul Callan More Quotes by Paul Callan More Quotes From Paul Callan 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. Paul Callan us-news These cases are winnable, but many of them will be difficult to prove because of the passage of time since the sexual abuse occurred. Paul Callan us-news 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. Paul Callan politics Cosby's lawyers would be wise to settle the cases early and quickly if funds are available. Paul Callan top-news Interesting timing. Interesting timing. Paul Callan top-news This is going to be enormously expensive for Cosby. Paul Callan entertainment There are always outs under these extradition treaties. Paul Callan top-news Boy, she's climbing the Mount Everest of death penalty cases in this case. Paul Callan top-news 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. Paul Callan top-news McCulloch's approach in presenting virtually every shred of existing evidence to the grand jury is unusual but not unprecedented. Paul Callan top-news 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. Paul Callan top-news 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. Paul Callan top-news 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. Paul Callan crime
