Criminal
Dec. 29, 2012
2012 criminal cases, a look back
2011 was the year of captivating criminal cases. We had Dr. Conrad Murray, Casey Anthony and Lindsay Lohan to name a few. 2012, however, was a year of thought and debate in criminal law.
Louis J. Shapiro
Email: LouisJShapiro@Gmail.com
Louis, a former Los Angeles County Public Defender, is a criminal defense attorney and State Bar-certified criminal law specialist out of Century City. He is also a legal analyst, board member of the California Innocence Project and Project For The Innocence at Loyola Law School, CACJ and LACBA'S Criminal Justice Executive Committee.
2011 was the year of captivating criminal cases. We had Dr. Conrad Murray, Casey Anthony and Lindsay Lohan to name a few. 2012, however, was a year of thought and debate in criminal law. It's not the names of the defendants that caught our attention insomuch as the broader emotional and practical influences that they had on society.
Let's begin with the George Zimmerman and Treyvon Martin case. Zimmerman is charged with 2nd degree murder and is asserting self-defense. Originall...
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