On the evening of June 4th, 2015 Reuben Gutierrez Jr. was finishing up his shift at El Zarape, a Mexican restaurant in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The restaurant closed that evening at 11:00, but Rueben had agreed to be part of the crew to help do...
Todd McCormick smoked his first joint at the age of nine years old. It was his mother that gave it to him, and she did so in hopes that it would save his life. What she didn't know was that it would not only save...
The next few witnesses included the apartment manager who had recovered the surveillance video that showed Michael had entered the building that day, and the first officer that arrived on the scene. The trial continued through their testimony, but not without more objections and general...
Why would somebody lie? Why would anybody lie about something like this? The first thing we did was try to understand more about the accuser. Luckily for us we have the best paralegal staff around. Within a week I had copies of records from medical facilities...
“Stand for the jury.” And we did. As the doors opened I searched the faces of the jurors. I was looking for a sign, a hint. I got nothing but tired faces, eyes looking at the floor. It's a pointless exercise and I know it. I've...
IF THE FLAG STANDS FOR ANYTHING… The Story of Texas v. Johnson, and why Colin Kaepernick is doing something “American” On August 22, 1984, people gathered in downtown Dallas, Texas. Many were there to pledge their support and witness President Ronald Reagan accept the Republican nomination. Others...
WE HAVE A HERO IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA The Saga of The Friendly Market Continues...
Thomas Jefferson, April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826 The summer I turned twenty-one years old, I was living in a dorm room at Trinity University in Washington D.C. I went to D.C. to work as a Congressional Intern. It was one of the single greatest...
The Story of the Trial of the LAPD Officers Who Beat Rodney King, and the Flames That Engulfed Los Angeles THE TRIAL Attorneys for the officers wanted to have the venue of the upcoming trial moved. The prosecution did not seem to worry about the defense’s strategy...
The Story of the Trial of the LAPD Officers Who Beat Rodney King, and the Flames That Engulfed Los Angeles "Television used the tape like wallpaper." --Ed Turner, Vice President of CNN George Holliday was asleep in his in his suburban Lakeview Terrace apartment when the squeal of...