THE DICAST

"The law forbids the same man to be tried twice on the same issue." Athenian statesman, Demosthenes on the legal maxim of Double Jeopardy, 355 B.C.; An act considered so reprehensible that it is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, December 15, 1791.

Friday, September 12, 2008

O.J. Gets an All-White Jury: Teacher's Husband Acquitted of Murdering Wife's Teen Lover

Judge Jackie Glass gives her best "hear no evil, see no evil, know no evil" facial expression after ruling that the Prosecution d...

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Twin Tragedy: September 11, 2001

United Airlines Flight 175, right, barrels towards the South Tower of the World Trade Center while the North Tower smoulders after being st...

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Autrefois Acquit: When Double Jeopardy Is and Is Not a Defense

Phil Spector, left, walks out of court a "free man" after his murder trial ended in a deadlock. Phil's 26-year-old wife, Rach...

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Double Trouble: Spector's Retrial To Commence

Phil Spector buttons his blazer outside the courthouse during his first murder trial. The jury deadlocked at the end of that trial. LOS ANG...

Monday, September 08, 2008

Too BIG for the Bench

Judge Elizabeth Halverson sits stoically on her bench, but is she too big for that seat? It's not a mystery that Judge Elizabeth Halver...

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Judge Elizabeth Halverson Gets Fried

Judge Elizabeth Halverson listens to testimony during one of her few trials while an elected judge. Halverson was suspended in July 2007 fo...

THE BIG PICTURE

"Where the hell are the breaks on this thing? God damn it, Ed! What the fuck did you do to this thing?" I don't know about yo...

Saturday, September 06, 2008

Will the Glove Fit This Time Around?

O.J. Simpson tries on the pair of gloves allegedly used by the murderer of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman...

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