Author: Craig

Defense + Judge Weisberg = BFFs

Swann Street Swoons  At Friday’s status hearing we learned that the defense team submitted a joint motion for special assignment, a request of Chief Judge Lee Satterfield that the man presiding over the Wone case, Judge Frederick Weisberg, stay on until…

Lab Bench, Back Bench

Hey, Hey DNA!   What Can You Do For Us Next May? There’s quite a bit to pick through after last week’s motions and status hearing. Start with the headline from Friday’s status hearing, “Win, Lose or Draw.”   Just what did Bernie Grimm…

Adjournment

All in all a tough day for the defendants. Judge Weisberg was not inclined to rule in favor of their various pleas and motions. Weisberg may NOT hear the case at trial. Court calendars to shift. Chief Judge Satterfield to…

Being There

More from Moultrie Can’t make it to room 318 of the Moultrie Courthouse for today’s 2:00pm status hearing?   Catch this afternoon’s developments and updates via twitter here.    It’s just like being there.

Put Up Or Shut Up

Defense Team Ratchets up the Pressure on the Government Ahead of tomorrow’s 2:00pm status we expected more paper to fly.  We were not disappointed.  The defense team has unleashed one of their toughest demands, that AUSA Glenn Kirschner address, with…

Dress For Success

Going Viral Tribal   UPDATED In more ways than one, quite a few lurkers have surfaced this week. We’ve seen a number of them in the comments section and a few days ago this came into the wmrw.com mailbox: a rather clever…

Our Worst Fears

I Read The News Today, Oh God…  It’s accepted practice in Washington to release bad news late on a Friday afternoon.  But it wasn’t mere bad news that was going to hit on Halloween weekend 2008; this was a real-life horror story.…

Countdown

Lurkers are People Too We received an interesting email last week from a longtime reader who works in the legal profession.  How’s that for vague? Best described as a lurker, Hoya Loya found us by way of Above the Law…

We Will Get Things Done

Congratulations are in Order As mentioned in the comments section earlier this week, the Annual Robert E. Wone Award for Exemplary  Service was presented at the Virginia Commonwealth University on October 19.   Candice Nunnally was given the 2009 award at an event attended by…

Come Out, Come Out…

…Whoever You Are. October 10, 2006 saw the first national story about Robert’s murder in the gay media.  Gretchen Cook of the Advocate was playing catch up. Monthly magazine long lead times don’t lend themselves well to late developments.  Much…