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		<title>Bennett&#8217;s jury selection rules (cont&#8217;d)</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/bennetts-jury-selection-rules-contd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never quite finished going through Mark Bennett&#8217;s jury selection rules, so I feel it is necessary to include the rest he subsequently posted, all of which can be found here.
We left off at Improv Rule I, which refers to improvisational theater.  The rule is, &#8220;no scripts.&#8221;  If you follow your outline of questions, you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=847&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce Decker/&#8221;ejustice&#8221;: STOP CALLING MY OFFICE</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/bruce-deckerejustice-stop-calling-my-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATTENTION: Bruce Decker from &#8220;ejustice&#8221;: STOP CALLING MY OFFICE, STOP EMAILING ME, STOP SOLICITING ME.
If I get one more telephone message from &#8220;Bruce Decker&#8221; saying that he &#8220;wants to send me some cases&#8221; or &#8220;wants to talk with [me] about a medical malpractice case I&#8217;m going to have a conniption.  Nowadays lawyers are constantly barraged [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=845&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worshipping Psychobabble</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/worshipping-psychobabble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have become unusually aggravated by so-called psychological &#8220;experts&#8221; testifying in criminal and civil courtrooms in West Virginia. I have cross examined these so-called &#8220;doctors&#8221; all-the-way from Monroe County to Berkeley County in the past month.  I have reviewed their reports.  I have come to the conclusion that (big surprise) its all about money. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=842&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Polygraphs: to do or not to do?</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/polygraphs-to-do-or-not-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnbryanlaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a common misconception out there that I have consistently (about 100% of the time) encountered in criminal defendants (or soon-to-be criminal defendants) that (1) taking a polygraph/ &#8220;lie detector test&#8221; can prevent their being charged with a crime if they &#8220;pass&#8221;; and (2) that if they fail the test, the results are not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=840&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>People over &#8220;tactics&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/people-over-tactics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have previously posted about the police&#8217;s use of &#8220;tactics&#8221; and &#8220;training&#8221; to trump the rights of innocent citizens.  Basically, sometimes when you get pulled over, a cop walks up to your window with his hand on his gun; or yells at you from a distance when he could be talking to you; or orders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=836&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WV State Police Settle Case</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/wv-state-police-settle-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnbryanlaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A case, about which I have twice previously posted about, has now apparently settled, with the WV State Police forking out at least $200,000.  This was a good case from a plaintiffs perspective.  The plaintiff himself is a prominent lawyer.  He was beaten to a pulp, as the insulting photograph of him with black eyes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=834&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Out of control incarceration</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/out-of-control-incarceration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnbryanlaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the old days, when someone killed someone else, they were either hanged, shot, or acquitted.  There was none of this business of keeping people in jail for years and years on end, or for the rest of their lives.  We have gotten to a point, where we incarcerate millions and millions of people perpetually. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=830&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>But what about the felony sentencing in WV?</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/but-what-about-the-felony-sentencing-in-wv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnbryanlaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was writing the post yesterday about the downward trend in West Virginia misdemeanor sentencing, I was thinking, well what about felony sentencing?  The same principles apply.  Why fill up our prisons &#8211; at our cost &#8211; for property crimes and other non-violent offenders.  What&#8217;s the point?  With all the federal civil rights requirements, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=828&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Downward trend in WV misdemeanor sentences [well, mostly]</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/downward-trend-in-wv-misdemeanor-sentences-well-mostly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnbryanlaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was an interesting article in the Beckley Register-Herald this morning, about the downward trend that we are seeing in West Virginia with misdemeanor sentences involving jail time.  However, there were two exceptions &#8211; one of which was Monroe County, which went from 20 misdemeanor jail sentences in 2008, and only 5 the year before, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=824&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not our fault&#8230;. Civil Liability of West Virginia Police Officers/Departments in Pursuit Situations</title>
		<link>http://wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/its-not-our-fault-civil-liability-of-west-virginia-police-officersdepartments-in-pursuit-situations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnbryanlaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this morning&#8217;s Beckley Register-Herald, there was an article about a West Virginia State Police pursuit involving an ATV.  Apparently there was undisputedly a pursuit of an officer in a cruiser, chasing a man on an ATV.  Also undisputed, at some point the ATV wrecked and the man was killed.  Where the issue lies is, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wvcriminaldefenseattorney.wordpress.com&blog=2474596&post=822&subd=wvcriminaldefenseattorney&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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