Attorney @ The Ram Law Firm. Former AAG in the VAOAG Conviction Integrity Unit. Former Capital Defender & Public Defender. Co-founder RVA Legal Collaborative.
Remember Miyares fired the Conviction Integrity Unit - totaling FOUR people - before he was even sworn into office. In the CIUs 6month existence, we helped free four wrongfully convicted men. I wonder what the stats of this twenty person unit will be.
BREAKING: Va.'s GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares announces he will create an "Election Integrity Unit" that will prosecute alleged election law violations. Will have 20+ attorneys. Va. has not seen significant issues with voter fraud.
There is a tiny OCD part of my head that just realized that the herbs in my window boxes are arranged parsley, thyme, rosemary and sage, and wants the world to end.
This moment is a must watch. Judge David Hicks asks a prosecutor in the Richmond’s Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Clinton Seal, for evidence of a mass shooting at Dogwood Dell on July 4th.
He responds, “No.”
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Richmond prosecutors dropped the case against two men police say planned a mass shooting at Dogwood Dell on July 4. Attorneys told the judge this morning the office has no evidence tying the arrest to a planned shooting. More later today on @myVPM .
Not all out of court statements are hearsay -only those asserted for their truth. Not all hearsay statements are excluded -there are a lot of exceptions that let it in. Hearsay includes your own out of court statements. Sometimes an exception applies & they come in. Sometimes not
To state the obvious as we roll into the weekend: it’s hot - drink some water. Invoking the 5th isn’t an admission of guilt. Don’t talk to the cops. Have fun & stay safe!
Happy birthday to Michael Haas! Earlier this year, Mike won his writ of actual innocence petition in Virginia. #wrongfulconviction#innocent
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Thank you to @TheAtlantic and @PaulKix for this expansive profile on my journey from Defendant to Defender as well as the fight to free Terrence and Ferrone. Our journeys are intertwined. And I’m going to keep fighting for their freedom like I fought for mine.
@socialistdogmom It is to make sure I bolt awake at midnight to shout “you should eat the leftovers” to my teen who is just trying to have a midnight snack in peace.
So I accidentally rubbed off my fingerprints on my right hand.
I was using some industrial cleaning wipes found at work to clean my shoes and the chemicals straight up messed up my skin.
My fingers are completely smooth. I just used some ink to test and it’s just dots
“It’s more important that it is over, than that it is right” is a truly cruel and barbaric motto for a system that convicts, incarcerates, and kills people.