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“There’s three types of lies in the world: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” – Origin disputed. 
(Infographic courtesy of Project Know, using Department of Justice statistics).
Congratulations Hawaii! According the the US Department of Justice and the FBI our DUI arrests are way under the National Average. Either […]
Four years ago in May upon reflection and discussion with my new wife, I realized that, no matter how much I dreamed of being a Public Defender forever, my time there was coming to a close. It was time for me to leave. May 31, 2011 was my […]
Terroristic Threatening: can you be incarcerated for rap lyrics? Absolutely.
On March 12, 2015 KC and Tantra from the Power 104.3 morning show here in Honolulu called me up to ask this question. Like Tantra said, “That’s his first amendment! Of course he can say that […]
No really. It’s a crime.
Price gouging is unconscionable in the face of natural disasters such as Hurricane Iselle. We all understand mark-ups and the […]
Another attorney pointed this out to me, seems very apt for today’s news. Here’s today’s news:
Original post:
Absolutely not. If your […]
So there is a new imaginary problem that people are complaining about on the Internet. A summary of the complaint for context, but I really don’t want to engage in it. Understand, based on my calling in life I have no problem defending misguided people,
but what […]
Honolulu 911 calls go like this: Your heart is racing. You either witness, or suffer, an illegal activity. You’re nervous, everything is coming at you. You manage to get to the phone, often your cell phone, hit the numbers and as the quickly pick up you blurt […]
“We can and should do better. But “doing better” doesn’t mean simply focusing on social services and systemic reforms and ignoring the need for punishment. It means using punishment intelligently, which means using it as sparingly as possible but also as much as necessary.”
