Rhee’s out, Lanier’s in…and Still Working on the Wone Case. Ask her for help this week. Newly installed mayor Vincent Gray got a somewhat incongruous inaugural gift this week from the man he’s replacing. Namely: Washington’s homicide rate for 2010…
In The Beginning
First Night(s) Over the past three years we’ve heard from a number of people who lived on Swann Street at the time of Robert’s murder. Many of them still do. Almost all vividly remember the night of August 2, 2006 and…
2 Down, 1 To Go
The Long, Strange Trip Continues There may be no better time than the holiday slows and the two-year anniversary of the site to take stock of what’s happened and what lays ahead. A year from now the civil trial will be over. We joked…
Let Regan Be Regan
White Shoes and Black Hats? Ten years ago the American Civil Trial Bar Roundtable published a white paper (later revised in 2006) that addressed how the “Lack of respect and confidence seems to have developed in the public’s mind for the trial practice…” …
Last Minute Gift?
For Sale, No Sale or Sold? According to a large real estate display add in the local community paper, The DuPont Current, 1509 Swann Street is still up for sale and it remains listed at $1,599,000. Quite a stocking stuffer.…
Washington Merry-Go-Round
“Who’s on First? What’s on Second?” It’s a feature of DC Superior Court, and perhaps with other jurisdictions for all we know, that judicial calendars rotate annually. Stick around these parts long enough and you get to see this play…