Month: September 2009

Happy Birthday Culuket

  Video Greetings For One Super Special Guy  (Updated: Gifts Galore!) We pride ourselves on having learned good manners from our mothers, so we are here today to extend hearty birthday wishes. And besides, birthdays are such a great excuse to…

The Story of "O"

Where is Square One? You’ve likely been there before.  Trying to explain this case to a friend, you rattle off its evidentiary twists and legal turns.  Their reaction: bewilderment. You can hardly blame them.  The Robert Wone case is head-spinning…

The Story of "O"

Where is Square One? You’ve likely been there before.  Trying to explain this case to a friend, you rattle off its evidentiary twists and legal turns.  Their reaction: bewilderment. You can hardly blame them.  The Robert Wone case is head-spinning…

The Sunday Funnies

 The Pen is Mightier than the Knife As other newsrooms wrestle with budgets and staff cuts, we’re hiring.  The Real  Estate  desk had a busy spring;  just this week our Fashion Editor filed his first story and we plan to launch…

Once Upon A Mattress

Defendants Looking for Aid and Comfort(er) In the weeks leading up to the September 11 status hearing the defense renewed their call for the prosecution to turn over evidence, particularly items related to a bed.  “A” bed, as in which bed? …

Here She Comes Again (Updated)

Walking High Wire, Here She Comes. UPDATE: Bruce DePuyt announces at the top of the show that Chief Lanier has cancelled her appearance. Once again, Washington’s dauntless Chief of Police Cathy Lanier will be taking to the air for a…

Reap What You Sew

Which of the Defendants Will Be “Auffed”? In the knotted legal tangle that is the Robert Wone case, the following will go down as little more than a drop stitch.  We don’t presume it’s anything else.  But from these few…

Civil War

The Maryland Campaign Late Friday afternoon, Mike Scarcella of the Legal Times had news on the latest skirmish in Kathy Wone’s $20 million wrongful death civil suit. Any small victory the defendants may have felt following Judge Weisberg’s September status hearing…

Midnight Run

Backseat Striver Ordinarily it takes about 20 minutes by car to get from Swann Street to Anacostia.  Faster depending on the traffic,  if not made during one of DC’s paralytic rush hours, faster still if no stops are made along the way. …

"Isn't He Our Friend?"

Detective Waid’s Handwritten Notes Create More Questions Today, the Swann Street defense team heads to the Moultrie Courthouse for an in camera review, which in plain English means a review of documents and/or other evidence in the Judge’s chamber.  The…