06 Mar AS AMERICAN AS BASEBALL, APPLE PIE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: How Curt Flood Gave Up His Career to Stand on His Principle
Take Me Out To The Ball Game...
28 Feb GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY: Statutory Law v. the Constitution
Charles Deal and Annette Deal vs. Sean Devon Brooks, Randy J. Lack, and Jennifer Shaw, and State of Oklahoma ex re. Oklahoma Department of Human Services, 2016 OK CIV APP 81 In the above cited 2016 case, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) placed a...
25 Feb HB 1482: THE HOUSE MEMBERS THAT PROPOSED IT, AND WHY THEY THINK THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA ARE STUPID.
It’s true that if you want a good laugh then you should tell anyone that the “government is just looking out for you”. Go ahead turn to the person to your left or right and say those exact words. Now, do me a favor and...
22 Feb MAKING A TRIAL LAWYER: How the William Kennedy Smith Trial and Court TV Shaped my Future
Everybody has something that impacts them and guides them along their journey in life. When I talk to lawyers I know, and ask them what made them become what they are, it’s usually something from film or television. For some of the older generation, Perry...
30 Jan POLITICS ARE LOCAL
The young man pictured here is Cody Franklin. He’s a nice guy, smart, kind of funny in a dry way, and he likes to wear vests. He’s a bit of a hipster. He’s never been one to make trouble, he avoids it when at all...
17 Jan FIVE MINUTE VERDICT The Story of the Trial of Reuben Gutierrez Jr. Part II
Mr. Merritt began his opening statement by reading the charging information in his soft and non-threatening style. He next began to lay out the events that occurred that night just as Sergeant Winn had described in his report. He focused on the language that Winn...
16 Jan FIVE MINUTE VERDICT The Story of the Trial of Reuben Gutierrez Jr. Part I
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...
17 Dec KILLING IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE? The Story of Todd McCormick and Peter McWilliams
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...
26 Nov SEX, LIES, AND A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH The Story Of The Trial Of Michael Tadlock Part III
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...
25 Nov SEX, LIES, AND A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH The Story Of The Trial Of Michael Tadlock Part II
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...