Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
THE 1ST AMENDMENT & THE COWED PRESS. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. January 10, 2015 Free speech is under attack in the free nations of the western world, in a way more effective than I have otherwise seen in … Read More
LIE-INS, DIE-INS AND POLICE SHOOTINGS Posted December 7, 2014 By Edmund R. Folsom Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints As heads is tails Just call me Lucifer ‘Cause I’m in need of some … Read More
SEARCHES & SEIZURES, LIBERTY VS. SECURITY Posted by Edmund R. Folsom October 18, 2014 A few loosely related matters caught my attention in the news yesterday. One was a piece by Charles Krauthammer, in which he criticized President Obama for once declaring that … Read More
Posted June 23, 2014, by Edmund R. Folsom. Below is a link to a pretty good op. ed. piece about the overuse of incarceration as a response to crime. Most people favor jail and prison sentences for those convicted … Read More
Posted June 5, 2014, by Edmund R. Folsom. An interesting U.S. Supreme Court opinion was issued on Monday, June 2, 2014. In Bond v. United States, 572 U.S. __ (2014), the Court was presented with questions about the limits … Read More
Posted April 6, 2014, by Edmund R. Folsom. Come see… Look what I found under a rock. Lawrence Torcello, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently called for criminal prosecution of those who publicly express views … Read More
Posted by Edmund R. Folsom December 22, 2013 I was perusing my Twitter feed when I came across a Tweet from fellow criminal defense lawyer Bob LeBrasseur. It linked to one of Bob’s Facebook postings, reviewing the results he reached … Read More
Posted November 2, 2013, by Edmund R. Folsom. Below is a link to a quirky legal story out of Tennessee. It seems defense attorneys down there have been making it a point during trial to refer to the prosecution … Read More
Posted September 30, 2013, by Edmund R. Folsom. There’s controversy swirling in Augusta over the recent jailing of a witness in a domestic violence case, by use (some are arguing misuse) of Maine’s material witness statute. The case raises … Read More
Posted August 24, 2013, by Edmund R. Folsom. I hate hate crimes statutes- always have. This week, three juveniles were arrested for their involvement in the murder of Christopher Lane, a white Australian college student who was out for a jog … Read More
