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		<title>The Worship of Law Enforcement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those looking for a post bashing the police, you will be disappointed.  For those looking for a post praising the police, you will likely be disappointed, also (but only because you&#8217;re never happy when my praise is not unqualified).  This post is not exactly about the police, although it necessarily discusses them quite a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idealism, Realism &amp; the Practice of Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I started clerking as a law student and first began to see &#8220;what really happens&#8221; in the practice of law &#8212; as opposed to the theoretical side put forth in just about any law book I read in school &#8212; and I complained about it, I was labeled &#8220;naive&#8221; and &#8220;idealistic.&#8221;  It irritated the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fresnocriminaldefense.com/practicing-law/idealism-realism-the-practice-of-law/</link>
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		<title>Three-Thousand and Zero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What in the world do I mean with a blog article titled &#8220;Three-Thousand and Zero&#8221;?
The simple answer is that they&#8217;re numbers.
But you knew that.
In 2006 or 2007, like me, the public defenders of a juvenile justice court in Miami-Dade, Florida, got tired of seeing all their children brought to court in shackles.  They started running [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fresnocriminaldefense.com/juvenile-law/three-thousand-and-zero/</link>
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		<title>You Will Respect Mah Authoritay!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The front page of The Fresno Bee today reports that Sheriff Margaret Mims plans to sue the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.
According to the story, she&#8217;s not satisfied with trashing her own department&#8217;s budget: she now wants to go after the budget for the rest of the county.
Perhaps the funniest line in the entire story, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fresnocriminaldefense.com/crime-economy/you-will-respect-mah-authoritay/</link>
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		<title>Nothing to Fear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1933 &#8212; for the younguns here, that&#8217;s a really long time ago &#8212; President  Franklin D. Roosevelt said,
This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly  and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country  today. This great Nation will endure as it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fresnocriminaldefense.com/crime-economy/nothing-to-fear/</link>
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		<title>Apologies &amp; Lies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First, a shout-out to Ashleigh.  (And one of my own apologies, if I didn&#8217;t spell your name right; I should have asked how to spell it when we were talking.)  Ashleigh recognized me at the courthouse today in the stairwell and stopped me to say &#8220;hi.&#8221;  I&#8217;m glad to have met one of my readers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fresnocriminaldefense.com/cops-commiting-crimes/apologies-lies/</link>
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		<title>Fresno Superior Court Calls Sheriff Liar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Fresno Bee headline &#8212; the paper version screamed &#8220;Sheriff&#8217;s Office under fire&#8221; on the front page above the fold &#8212; would have been funnier if it were about the Fresno Police Department.  They&#8217;re the ones who are always shooting citizens. 
At any rate, it&#8217;s about time the Fresno Superior Court recognized that the Sheriff&#8217;s Department [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fresnocriminaldefense.com/the-truth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth/fresno-superior-court-calls-sheriff-liar/</link>
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		<title>Investing in Public Safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of late, Police Chief Jerry Dyer seems to write almost as often for the Fresno Bee as any of their regular writers.  Today, he reminds us,
Public safety is an investment, not a cost.  (Jerry Dyer, &#8220;Invest in our public safety&#8221; (December 8, 2009) The Fresno Bee, p.B5, below the fold.)
If nothing else, the article shows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fresnocriminaldefense.com/law-society/investing-in-public-safety/</link>
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		<title>Time for Judgment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite often on this blog and my more popular blog (Probable Cause: The Legal Blog with the Really Low Standard of Review), I write things about judges that are perhaps less than flattering.  After all, I&#8217;m usually writing about the failure to follow the law, the result-oriented judging that I too often see, and that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fresnocriminaldefense.com/law-society/time-for-judgment/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Our Policy Hasn&#8217;t Changed, Mr. Horowitz&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, before I can tell you why I wrote this post, I have to tell you about something I was planning never to blog about.  I had hoped I would not have to write this post.
Friday&#8217;s court session made me realize I had no choice.
To get into a juvenile courtroom in Fresno County through the [...]]]></description>
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