A few weeks ago, an editor at the Berliner Zeitung asked if I might be interested in writing a piece about how lawyers defend death row inmates in the USA. I said 'Sure, why not?' (Beers may have been involved). The piece was just published this weekend, you can read it here. It's paywalled --… Continue reading Essay about Defending Death Row Inmates published in ‘Berliner Zeitung’
Month: August 2021
Dan Moldea on Not Mistaking Incompetence for Conspiracy
Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, has gotten approval for parole from the California parole board. It's now up to the Governor of California to decide whether to release him. As with the assassinations of JKF and Martin Luther King, Jr., there's a small cottage industry of fans and supporters who believe… Continue reading Dan Moldea on Not Mistaking Incompetence for Conspiracy
Blood, Logic, and Guilt
There are plenty of things happening behind the scenes with the Söring situation, which has got me going through the archives and thinking about the case. Many aspects of it are like intriguing logic puzzles. Take the Type O blood at the crime scene. We'll likely never have definitive proof it was Söring's because of… Continue reading Blood, Logic, and Guilt
Söring’s New Press Tour Claims its First Gullible Victims
Hi there faithful readers! As I recently posted, Jens Söring has a new book coming out: "Return to Life". The obvious thing someone with a new book does is tour the country promoting it. Would Söring dare? After all, the other obvious thing an author with a book to promote can do is boost their… Continue reading Söring’s New Press Tour Claims its First Gullible Victims