Crime & Federalism

I was out of town last week attending the Colorado Rare Book School's week-long seminar. But while I was away, I received an email message from one of the editors of the Hartford Courant, asking if I would write a commentary piece about the challenges of representing the men accused in Cheshire home invasion.

So I did. It appeared in Sunday's paper. The comments posted on-line are worth reading. They suggest why finding a jury not already predisposed to pass judgment and to kill will be a challenge. Anger, Anger Everywhere