Defense Acting Alone Dictates Scheduling Order After doing their best to delay the game, and realizing that the game day is on the books, the defense is now trying to dictate the upcoming schedule for the trial preparations. And they are doing it unilaterally. In…
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Leatherheads
Why introducing the BDSM aspect is probative One of the thresholds the judge must determine is whether the value of evidence is more probative than prejudicial when deciding what evidence makes it to trial. If it is deemed probative, then it…
"…Win, Lose, or Draw…"
The Defense Pushes Hard and the Court Pushes Back. The day’s legal action began long before Judge Frederick Weisberg gaveled in the status hearing at 2:01pm. The defense this week has filed a range of motions – one to have…
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…
The Kitchen Debate
The Smallest Part of the Defendant’s Story May Have Big Problems. Gazing into the confined black box that is 1509 Swann on August 2nd, 2006, there’s no detail too mundane that doesn’t deserve a second look. We don’t presume guilt…
Skimpy Briefs
Pink Paper Ponders Paralytics Two weeks after the September 11 status hearing in the Robert Wone case, DC’s flagship gay paper, The Washington Blade offers a summary on the day. The piece by longtime Blade scribe Lou Chibbaro was filed on…
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 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…
Trick or Treat
Finding Meaning In The House of the Tiger Aunt Eds Note: This post comes to us from longtime WMRW.com observer and commentor “Clio.” We hope in the coming months to offer others the chance to share their thoughts and expertise…
Mouthpieces
A Friend is Slain in Your Home? STFU One of the more unsettling aspects of the then-suspects’, now defendants’ puzzling behavior following Robert’s murder was their complete silence on both their friend’s death and their own innocence. None of the…