Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
CIA says lab leak likely, ChiComs decry politicization, conspiracy theories. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 28, 2025 (Photo: February 3, 2021, Ng Han Guan/AP, via Al Jazeera) This past weekend, news outlets reported that the CIA now assesses it likely … Read More
In Re Catherine Connors–Proposed New Rules, but What Does the Rule Mean? Posted by Ed Folsom, January 13, 2025. (Photo: Robert F. Bukaty, AP, April 12, 2018, file photo from Maine Public) The procedural background. When I last blogged on … Read More
Court Rules MCPDS Not Satisfying 6th Amendment re Appointed Counsel. Posted by Ed Folsom, January 7, 2025 Finally, there’s significant movement afoot in the ACLU’s lawsuit alleging that indigent criminal defendants in Maine are being denied their 6th Amendment right … Read More
Down is up For Crime in Maine – Does Anyone Care Why? Posted by Ed Folsom December 21, 2024. MCILS/MPDS cases rose 25% while criminal cases filed in court dropped 30%. Somehow, from fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2024, … Read More
Smelly Commutations & A Narrative-Unraveling Apology. In crime news this past week, we had some smelly commutations and an apology that unravels a racial-narrative tale. The smelly commutations. This past Thursday, President Biden issued federal pardons to 39 people and … Read More
Haitian Voodoo Priest Triggers Gang-Murder of 184. Posted by Ed Folsom, December 10, 2024. (Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters, via CNN) What initially really struck me in this story was the odd assessment of UN High Commissioner Volker Türk. This past weekend, … Read More
“The Science,” Debunked. Posted by Ed Folsom, December 8, 2024. All that “science” we were told we had to follow… It wasn’t actually science. The U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released a report on December … Read More
UN Femicide Report Lacks “Context,” So Where Are the Fact-Check Police? Dendodge, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction. The UN long ago took up the cause of transforming social institutions, norms, and traditions worldwide that feminists within its ranks believe … Read More
Gun-Free Mass Killings and Fake Hate Crimes. Posted by Ed Folsom, November 23, 2024. Photo included in the indictment (U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado) Gun-Free Mass Murder: In the way of events demonstrating that people bent on … Read More
In re Catherine Connors: Mild Irony & Inherent Appearance of Impropriety. Posted by Ed Folsom, November 17, 2024. Last month, a news story broke about Maine’s Committee on Judicial Conduct recommending to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) that they … Read More
