…and they are very extreme. Ordinarily, life sentences – and especially life without parole- are reserved for the most heinous of premeditated, purposeful,, callous murders. No more. If you’re a white guy who looks like he might be a member … Continue reading →
….watch this. It’s long, but you can get the gist of it by watching only some of it. The video was made shortly before the verdict was announced. I do suggest you watch 1:08:10 to 1:12:37 (that’s just four and … Continue reading →
The verdicts are as follows: Travis McMichael (who actually shot Arbery) guilty on all counts, including malice murder, and the rest are guilty of various types of felony murder. You can read the details at the link. As I’ve written … Continue reading →
I previously knew only the bare bones of the Arbery case and hadn’t followed it at all closely. But here’s what Andrew Branca has to say at Legal Insurrection about the closing arguments (also please read this from Branca). In … Continue reading →
Here’s a Minneapolis case originating in the post-Floyd riots of 2020: Lee came up to the Twin Cities from Rochester to get in on the action on May 28. Lee was part of a small group that broke into the … Continue reading →