The Decemberists

January Hymn:  The Status Hearing Transcript  The final exhibit attached to the Plaintiff Motion to Compel is the transcript from the December 8 status hearing, the last that Judge Brook Hedge was to preside over before she turned the reins and gavel…

5th Amendment: Round II

What We Have Here, is a Failure to Communicate Wasn’t it just the other day that we remarked how slow the paper chase in the Wone case was going?   There had been no new filings since early December, and little…

Tool Box

Judge Brook Hedge’s Lasting Legacy? Our jobs just got a little bit easier.  In fact, anyone in DC or beyond who wants to track the paper chase of either Superior Court criminal or civil cases, has a better tool to…

To Tell the Truth

Is long term memory really just a figment of the imagination? Diane Ward was the only family member of the defendants to take the stand during the criminal trial last summer.  Dylan’s mother testified on the provenance of the “missing…

Where’s Ward-o?

Could A Black-Out Spell Out Dylan Ward’s Where Abouts? During the 2004 Presidential Campaign, CBS News ran a story critical of President George W. Bush’s service in the Air National Guard. Right-leaning political bloggers immediately raised questions about the authenticity…

HomicideWatch

Life and Death on the DC Streets  UPDATED:  Annys Shin’s WaPo piece on HomicideWatch can be found here. There’s a new murder site on the Interwebs:  A DC specific destination that goes on beyond the simple charge that wmrw has. Whereas…