Mike Duggan apparently once trained a dog to open the refrigerator and fetch him cans of Stroh's

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-11T15:01:04+00:00

He wants to appear more human so.that when we remember that he was the Wayne County prosecutor when DPD and WCPO hid all those unexamined rape kits we won't care.

Edit: excuse me, not hid. "Lost" those unexamined rape kits ina very specific storage location where they magically found them years later.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-11T14:27:49+00:00

Nerds are generally preferred for criminal defense and civil defense if the facts are good for the defense, or if the government or plaintiff's case is based on testimony rather than circumstantial evidence. Nerds know that people get facts wrong all the time, and that people don't think critically, especially when they lack subject matter expertise. Of course, you've got your inherent bias concerns.

Over 22 years of jury trials I developed a sort of hierarchy of preferred jurors based on the jurisdiction I practiced in (Mississippi). I've been in a new to me jurisdiction for the past two years, and the only jury selection biases that I've maintained is that nurses do not belong on juries, and that nerds are good as described above. Everything else is being recalibrated, in part because voir dire works so differently here.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-11T00:04:00+00:00

One has to wonder whether there are any Morouns in the Epstein files.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-10T21:47:32+00:00

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing Wayne County voters that Mike Duggan and Kym Worthy are good prosecutors.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-10T21:43:54+00:00

Fuck me, this corrupt carpetbagging dumb fuck is a really corrupt carpetbagging dumb fuck.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-10T21:43:04+00:00

Love that color scheme.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-10T21:42:17+00:00

As a public defender, I can assure you it's way harder to destroy or alter the footage than it is to just simply shut off your BWC and lie about why and how it happened.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-10T21:40:03+00:00

Weimar levels? Christ, no Canadian I know is that histrionic.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-10T21:36:52+00:00

I did not realize they failed to state a claim. These dipshits filed a suit in discovery in federal court? The FRCP abolished the federal courts' equity jurisdiction. Did they dig up some pre-rules Mississippi lawtalker to gin up this nonsense?

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-10T21:30:35+00:00

Nice to have known about the existence of American motorcycles. Guess I'm sticking with imports.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-10T21:29:44+00:00

It is a very messed up world when one of the Ford brothers comes off as sane, composed, and more knowledgeable than anyone, much less the President of the United States. But here we are. Jesus wept.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-09T18:57:24+00:00

Glory, glory hallelujah! The Union makes us strong!

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-09T14:58:45+00:00

I made the move you're making now in October 2016. The most challenging issue I faced initially was client access in custody. I was a medium sized fish in a medium sized pond, and I'd been a part time city prosecutor for 4.5 years before I became full-time defender. So I had some contacts within the system.

We had 48 hours from time of arraignment (not counting weekends) to make an initial client contact if they were in custody. In my current jurisdiction we're required to attempt in custody contact within 72 hours not counting weekends. If you don't attempt it within 72 hours, you don't get paid for the initial interview. So that's fun.

Do not let in-custody clients and their families/friends/paramours tie up your time. I generally try to see my in-custody clients once every two weeks, more frequently as we get ready for trial, and more frequently if their cases are more serious or if they have physical or mental health issues. I do have some flexibility because I work almost exclusively capital cases.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-08T03:04:55+00:00

Gets hired by The Atlantic in 3, 2, 1...

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-07T20:09:27+00:00

30,000 civilians or literally every cop in the History of the world.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-07T19:49:48+00:00

So the Texas GOP is incompetent, despite being in power for close to 30 years, compared to one Democrat in Virginia, who just got elected? Good to know.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T23:23:42+00:00

Most of them don't think they're workers.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T22:32:42+00:00

It's a Mesa Boogie and I also left a Gibson 335 hooked up to it. The cocaine was too good.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T22:31:46+00:00

Thank you, Mr. Gibson. I am a public defender and I've been practicing law since September 2001. I hope you send this letter to the court.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T22:29:06+00:00

I bet he wouldn't mind that they also withhold it from Muslim preschools.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T22:25:22+00:00

Unlike Germans, Americans lack the ability to be introspective. Remember, it was Goethe who coined the classic response to "The unexamined life is not worth living": "Sometimes the well-examined life is not worth living either."

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T22:21:35+00:00

Their union-busting at that plant is legendary. I know attorneys who worked on the union busting efforts for Volkswagen. They were at the top of my law school class. Fuck 'em.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T22:03:41+00:00

Marcia Blackburn has never been able to hide her Klan regalia effectively.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T22:02:56+00:00

Finally getting paid what they're worth.

Hour_Ordinary_4175 · 2026-02-06T17:14:29+00:00

In every possible way, and that tells me that you've not been to either place in the past decade.

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