To Live and Die in ConnecticutThoughts on Life and the Modern Practice of Criminal Law(Untitled)- April 28, 2004 Benedetto Cipriani Benedetto Cipriani was arrested in a small town outside of Rome, Italy this week. I know that his name is meaningless to most, if not all, of my readers. Earlier this year, I began representing a young man -- I emphasize young, since he is still only 20 years old -- by the name of Michael Castillo. Michael is accused of driving his friend Jose Guzman in his Nissan Pathfinder to what became the scene of a triple homicide in Windsor Locks,...http://blogs.salon.com/0002849/2004/04/28.html#a111 (Untitled)- April 17, 2004 Mark Pascual Yesterday was, in some respects, a day of reckoning for my client Mark Pascual. Mark was arrested several years ago for the role he was alleged to have played in the murder of a man in West Hartford, Connecticut. The State claimed that Mark hired two men to shoot and kill the boyfriend of a woman with whom he was infatuated. Mark never got involved in the shooting of the man, but took steps with the others that led to the victim's ultimate fate. The men...http://blogs.salon.com/0002849/2004/04/17.html#a110 (Untitled)- April 17, 2004 Despite my promises to be more regular in my blogging this time around, I have been unable to publish this week. It hasn't been my fault entirely. It seems that each time I had the time and ability to sit down and write, my internet service was down. That was the story for the first three days of the week. The balance of the week just got too busy. It was an eventful week, particularly for two of my death penalty cases or what were previously death penalty...http://blogs.salon.com/0002849/2004/04/17.html#a109 |