Rodent Regatta

a given lawyer can get a given jury to believe at a given moment. That’s the unfortunate reality of what our legal system has become. Cleverness, tactics and legal minutiae replace victims’ rights, punishment-as-deterrent and justice. The Malvo case is the one that has me on the soapbox at the moment, but there are plenty of examples to go around.

Grisham’s latest book is an eye-opener. Walter Olson’s book is a nonfiction expose on just how far we’ve stooped with tort law. Unfortunately, all of this has become ”about the lawyers” rather than about the law. Right, wrong, fairness and equity don’t matter any more.